Patent ID: 11943135
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method performed by a gateway device, the method comprising:
supporting a first data connection between the gateway device and a user plane function (UPF) in a fifth generation (5G) core network over a first access network, the first data connection supporting a plurality of quality of service (QoS) flows;
receiving a first request from a user equipment (UE) and over a second access network, the first request containing a first set of parameters for establishing a second data connection with the UE over the second access network;
determining whether the second data connection can be mapped to one of the plurality of QoS flows over the first data connection;
sending a second request to establish a QoS flow over the first data connection in response to determining that the second data connection cannot be mapped to one of the plurality of QoS flows over the first data connection, the second request containing a second set of parameters derived from the first set of parameters; and
relaying the data traffic between the second data connection and the new QoS flow over the first data connection.