Patent ID: 11909624
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A network device, comprising:
at least one processor; and
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions that are executable by the at least one processor, and when executed, cause the network device to act as a virtual broadband network gateway control plane (vBNG-CP) device in a virtual broadband network gateway (vBNG), and wherein the programming instructions include instructions to:
receive a third packet sent by a first user plane LUPI device, wherein the third packet comprises a first location identifier, the first location identifier comprises an identifier of a steering function (SF1 device and an identifier of a first physical port, and the first physical port is a port, on the SF device, that receives a first packet sent by first user equipment;
obtain user online information of the first user equipment, wherein the user online information comprises a traffic quality requirement and the first location identifier;
obtain an identifier of a second virtual broadband network gateway user plane (vBNG-UP) device in the vBNG that meets the traffic quality requirement and that is determined based on the user online information; and
deliver a user entry corresponding to the first user equipment to the second vBNG-UP device.