Patent ID: 11894937
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code,
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the
at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
receive, from a session management function entity, a pre-rule, wherein the pre-rule is a partly-generated rule of a first N4 rule related to local traffic offloading with respect to at least one user plane function entity under control of said intermediate session management function entity, wherein said N4 rule is a packet detection rule, a forwarding action rule, a usage reporting rule, or a quality of service enforcement rule, and wherein said pre-rule comprises an indication that said intermediate session management function entity is to obtain information that is to be used to generate said first N4 rule to be transmitted to said at least one user plane function entity under control of said intermediate session management function entity;
determine the information that is to be used to generate said N4 rule;
generate, based on said pre-rule and said information, said first N4 rule related to local traffic offloading;
and
transmit said first N4 rule to said first user plane function entity.