Patent ID: 11895537
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
selecting, by a network device, a first user plane function for establishing, with a user equipment, a protocol data unit session with a single flow;
receiving, by the network device, an application function trigger associated with a first new flow for a first application of the user equipment;
selecting, by the network device, a second user plane function for the first new flow;
creating, by the network device, a first traffic filter for the first new flow;
causing, by the network device, the first traffic filter to be provided to the user equipment to enable the user equipment to route first application traffic, based on the first traffic filter, to the second user plane function and a first multi-access edge computing device associated with the second user plane function;
receiving, by the network device, another application function trigger associated with a second new flow for a second application of the user equipment;
selecting, by the network device, a third user plane function for the second new flow; and
creating, by the network device, a second traffic filter for the second new flow.