ENHANCEMENT TO DSCP BASED PAGING POLICY DIFFERENTIATION

Organization Name

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

Inventor(s)

Zhansheng Wei of Shanghai CN

Jinyin Zhu of Shanghai CN

Yingjiao He of Shanghai CN

Yong Yang of Kållered SE

Lin Shang of Shanghai CN

ENHANCEMENT TO DSCP BASED PAGING POLICY DIFFERENTIATION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18836424 titled 'ENHANCEMENT TO DSCP BASED PAGING POLICY DIFFERENTIATION

Original Abstract Submitted

A method for facilitating paging policy differentiation, performed by a Session Management Function (SMF) is provided. The method includes determining that a paging policy differentiation feature is supported by a User Plane Function (UPF) (). The method includes sending, toward the UPF (), a message instructing the UPF () to insert a Paging Policy Indicator (PPI) value () into downlink packets based on a Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) value (). The message includes DSCP-to-PPI control information.