Patent ID: 11894937
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. A method of an intermediate session management function entity comprising:
receiving, from a session management function entity, a pre-rule, wherein the pre-rule is a partly-generated rule of a first N4 rule related to local traffic offloading with respect to at least one user plane function entity under control of said intermediate session management function entity, wherein said N4 rule is a packet detection rule, a forwarding action rule, a usage reporting rule, or a quality of service enforcement rule, and wherein said pre-rule comprises an indication that said intermediate session management function entity is to determine information that is to be used with said pre-rule to generate said N4 rule;
determining the information that is to be used to generate said N4 rule;
generating, based on said pre-rule and said information, said N4 rule related to local traffic offloading;
and
transmitting said N4 rule to said at least one user plane function entity.