Patent ID: 11917509
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method of operation of a chain controller in a cellular communications network in which a user plane function is decomposed into a plurality of micro user plane functions, comprising: * receiving, from a service requestor, a service description comprising one or more service template instances, the one or more service template instances having respective service template definitions, wherein: o each service template definition of the respective service template definitions comprises data that defines a set of micro user plane functions that realize a service or a part of a service; and o each service template instance of the one or more service template instances comprises data that defines a reference to the respective service template definition and wherein each service template instance of the one or more service template instances further comprises changeable input values for input parameters of the respective service template definition; * generating a service set based on the service description, the service set comprising a list of micro user plane functions; and * assigning each micro user plane function in the list of micro user plane functions comprised in the service set to a user plane node.