Patent ID: 11889357
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A computer-implemented method for selecting a user plane function when a user equipment (UE) attaches to a wireless communication network, comprising:
at a computer system associated with a management function of a core network of the wireless communication network,
determining a data throughput limit of the UE,

receiving an indication of throughput capacities for each of a plurality of user plane functions associated with the wireless communication network, the indication informing the management function whether each respective user plane function is at least one of a low throughput user plane function having a throughput capacity below a threshold value or a high throughput user plane function having a throughput capacity above a threshold value,
selecting one of the low throughput user plane functions or one of the high throughput user plane functions for a session based on the data throughput limit of the UE, and
sending a session request to the selected low throughput user plane function or high throughput user plane function.