Patent ID: 11902052
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for network access by a residential gateway in a control and user plane separation architecture, the control and user plane separation architecture including a control plane and a separate user plane, and the residential gateway configured for both wired and wireless communication via the network, the method comprising:
establishing, via an aggregate gateway function, a plurality of first packet forwarding control protocol sessions for a plurality of packet data unit sessions between the residential gateway and the network, each of the plurality of first packet forwarding control protocol sessions hosting a set of data packet forwarding rules for a respective packet data unit session among the plurality of packet data unit sessions; and
facilitating, via the aggregate gateway function, network access by the residential gateway according to the plurality of first packet forwarding control protocol sessions.