IP Library Granted Patent US 12,058,580
Granted Patent B2
US 12,058,580 · App. 17/764,444 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Access control apparatus and user plane apparatus

Inventors: Atsushi Minokuchi (Tokyo, JP); Riccardo Guerzoni (Munich, DE); Malla Reddy Sama (Munich, DE); Jari Mutikainen (Munich, DE)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W36/12H04W36/02
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Patent No.
US 12,058,580
App. No.
17/764,444
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An access control apparatus including: a reception unit; and a control unit configured to store, in a buffer, data transmitted from a terminal from when the reception unit receives a first message indicating that an application server is to be switched until when the reception unit receives a second message indicating move completion of an application context.

Claims (19)

1. A user plane apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a session management apparatus, a first indication indicating to store data transmitted from a terminal in a buffer and a second indication indicating to end storing data transmitted from the terminal in the buffer; and

a processor configured to store data transmitted from the terminal in the buffer from when the receiver receives the first indication until the receiver receives the second indication,

wherein the first indication is an indication transmitted from the session management apparatus when it is determined that switching from a source user plane apparatus to a target user plane apparatus is performed, and

wherein the second indication is an indication transmitted from the session management apparatus after completion of move of a context.

2. The user plane apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when switching from a source user plane apparatus to a target user plane apparatus is performed, the user plane apparatus is the target user plane apparatus.

3. A communication system, comprising:

a user plane apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a session management apparatus, a first indication indicating to store data transmitted from a terminal in a buffer and a second indication indicating to end storing data transmitted from the terminal in the buffer; and

a processor configured to store data transmitted from the terminal in the buffer from when the receiver receives the first indication until the receiver receives the second indication,

wherein the first indication is an indication transmitted from the session management apparatus when it is determined that switching from a source user plane apparatus to a target user plane apparatus is performed, and

wherein the second indication is an indication transmitted from the session management apparatus after completion of move of a context, and

a session management apparatus configured to transmit the first indication and the second indication to the user plane apparatus.

4. A buffer method executed by a user plane apparatus, comprising:

receiving, from a session management apparatus, a first indication indicating to store data transmitted from a terminal in a buffer; and

receiving, from the session management apparatus, a second indication indicating to end storing data transmitted from the terminal in the buffer,

wherein the first indication is an indication transmitted from the session management apparatus when it is determined that switching from a source user plane apparatus to a target user plane apparatus is performed,

wherein the second indication is an indication transmitted from the session management apparatus after completion of move of a context, and

wherein the user plane apparatus stores data transmitted from the terminal in the buffer from when receiving the first indication until receiving the second indication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2022
From: MINOKUCHI, ATSUSHI; GUERZONI, RICCARDO; SAMA, MALLA REDDY; MUTIKAINEN, JARI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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