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US 12,376,001 · App. 18/620,117 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Port information of time sensitive network bridge

Inventors: Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA); Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W40/246H04L45/04H04W40/248H04W76/12
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Patent No.
US 12,376,001
App. No.
18/620,117
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A session management function (SMF) sends, to a policy and charging control function (PCF), a request for policy information of a wireless device, the request comprising a parameter of a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge, wherein the parameter comprises port information of the TSN bridge. The SMF receives, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising the policy information of the wireless device.

Claims (49)

1. A method comprising:

sending, from a session management function (SMF) to a policy and charging control function (PCF), a request for policy information of a wireless device, the request comprising a parameter of a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge, wherein the parameter comprises port information of the TSN bridge; and

receiving, by the SMF from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising the policy information of the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the TSN bridge is between the wireless device and a network node.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the policy information comprises one or more user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rules.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more URSP rules are for the TSN bridge.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more URSP rules comprise at least one of:

a traffic descriptor of a TSN system comprising at least one of:

an identifier of the TSN bridge;

an identifier of a traffic descriptor of the TSN system; or

a priority value of the traffic descriptor of the TSN system; or

a TSN connection capability.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parameter of the TSN bridge further comprises one or more of:

a number of ports on the wireless device;

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports spanning tree protocol; and

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports TSN bridge functions.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PCF makes policy decisions based on the parameter of the TSN bridge, the method further comprising subscribing, by the SMF, to changes in the policy decisions from the PCF.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SMF sends, to the wireless device, the policy information for the wireless device in a configuration update message.

9. A session management function (SMF) comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the SMF to perform operations comprising:

sending, to a policy and charging control function (PCF), a request for policy information of a wireless device, the request comprising a parameter of a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge, wherein the parameter comprises port information of the TSN bridge; and

receiving, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising the policy information of the wireless device.

10. The SMF of claim 9 , wherein the policy information comprises one or more user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rules.

11. The SMF of claim 10 , wherein the one or more URSP rules are for the TSN bridge.

12. The SMF of claim 11 , wherein the one or more URSP rules comprise:

a traffic descriptor of a TSN system comprising:

an identifier of a TSN bridge;

an identifier of a traffic descriptor of the TSN system; and

a priority value of the traffic descriptor of the TSN system; and

a TSN connection capability.

13. The SMF of claim 9 , wherein the parameter of the TSN bridge further comprises one or more of:

a number of ports on the wireless device;

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports spanning tree protocol; and

a parameter indicating that the wireless device supports TSN bridge functions.

14. The SMF of claim 9 , wherein the PCF makes policy decisions based on the parameter of the TSN bridge.

15. The SMF of claim 9 , wherein the SMF sends, to the wireless device, the policy information for the wireless device in a configuration update message.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a session management function (SMF) to:

send, to a policy and charging control function (PCF), a request for policy information of a wireless device, the request comprising a parameter of a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge, wherein the parameter comprises port information of the TSN bridge; and

receive, from the PCF, a response to the request, the response comprising the policy information of the wireless device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the TSN bridge is between the wireless device and a network node.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the policy information comprises one or more user equipment route selection policy (URSP) rules.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the one or more URSP rules are for the TSN bridge.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the one or more URSP rules comprise at least one of:

a traffic descriptor of a TSN system comprising at least one of:

an identifier of the TSN bridge;

an identifier of a traffic descriptor of the TSN system; or

a priority value of the traffic descriptor of the TSN system; or

a TSN connection capability.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2024
From: TALEBI FARD, PEYMAN; DINAN, ESMAEL; RYU, JINSOOK; PARK, KYUNGMIN; QIAO, WEIHUA; BHARATIA, JAYSHREE
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 18134550 · Apr 13, 2023
Continuation 17509326 · Oct 25, 2021
Continuation 16788412 · Feb 12, 2020
Provisional Application 62806185 · Feb 15, 2019
Related Publication 20240251328A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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