Patent ID: 11895213
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. The method of claim 1, wherein assisting the UPF device, based on the one or more assigned assisting parameters, for content management in the cellular network further comprises:
receiving, by the UPF device, at least one of a header information associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) packet and content packet data associated with the content from the application server, with one or more assigned assisting parameters;
determining, by the UPF device, whether a cache bit is enabled or disabled and whether a retrieve bit is enabled or disabled upon receiving the one or more assigned assisting parameters from the application server;
performing, by the UPF device, one of:
caching, to a Radio Access Network (RAN) core database, the received content packet data based on the file identity, and a part identity in response to determining that the cache bit is enabled, and the retrieve bit is disabled,
retrieving, from the RAN core database, the cached content packet data based on the file identity, and the part identity in response to determining that the cache bit is disabled, and the retrieve bit is enabled, and adding the header information in the cached content packet data, or
deleting, from the RAN core database, the cached content packet data based on the file identity, and the part identity in response to determining that the cache bit is enabled, and the retrieve bit is enabled; and

sending, by the UPF device, the content to the PDCP device.