IP Library Granted Patent US 12,232,194
Granted Patent B2
US 12,232,194 · App. 17/421,993 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Methods and wireless transmit/receive units for supporting virtual machine migration

Inventors: Xavier DeFoy (Kirkland, CA); Ulises Olvera-Hernandez (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
H04W76/11H04W8/26
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Patent No.
US 12,232,194
App. No.
17/421,993
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of supporting VM migration between a first WTRU and a second WTRU via a 5GLAN is disclosed. The first WTRU is a host of a VM and the second WTRU connects to the 5GLAN. The method comprises that the second WTRU receives the VM migrated from the first WTRU, wherein a tenant system interface (TSI) ID is associated with the VM; sends a PDU session request message to a session management function (SMF) of the 5GLAN, the PDU session request message comprising the TSI ID; and sends a PDU session response message from the SMF so as to establish a PDU session between the second WTRU and the 5GLAN.

Claims (15)

1. A method of supporting virtual machine (VM) migration between a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a second WTRU via a 5GLAN, wherein the first WTRU is a host of a VM and the second WTRU connects to the 5GLAN, the method comprising the second WTRU:

receiving the VM migrated from the first WTRU, wherein a tenant system interface (TSI) ID is associated with the VM;

sending a PDU session request message to a network node of the 5GLAN, the PDU session request message comprising the TSI ID, a WTRU ID, a 5GLAN network ID, an inner address, a hot migration flag, and a TSI state; and

receiving a PDU session response message from the network node, wherein the PDU session response message includes an indication of an establishment of a PDU session, for use by the VM, between the second WTRU and the 5GLAN and includes the TSI ID, the WTRU ID, the 5GLAN network ID, the inner address the hot migration flag, and the TSI state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TSI ID is a unique ID across the 5GLAN.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TSI ID is a group-scoped PDU session ID (GSPSI).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TSI ID is a PDU session ID.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TSI state enables traffic to or from the VM.

6. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configured to connect to a 5GLAN, the WTRU comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a VM migrated from a first WTRU, wherein a tenant system interface (TSI) ID is associated with the VM; and

a transmitter configured to send a PDU session request message to a network node of the 5GLAN, the PDU session request message comprising the TSI ID, a WTRU ID, a 5GLAN network ID, an inner address, a hot migration flag, and a TSI state;

the receiver further configured to receive a PDU session response message from the network node, wherein the PDU session response message includes an establishment of a PDU session, for use by the VM, between the WTRU and the 5GLAN and includes the TSI ID, the WTRU ID, the 5GLAN ID, the inner address, the hot migration flag, and the TSI state.

7. The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the TSI ID is a unique ID across the 5GLAN.

8. The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the TSI ID is a group-scoped PDU session ID (GSPSI).

9. The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the TSI state te enables traffic to or from the VM.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC. BY ITS SUCCESSOR INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62822433 · Mar 22, 2019
Provisional Application 62792267 · Jan 14, 2019
Related Publication 20220117015A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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