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

Claim 7:
8. A network device, comprising:
at least one processor;
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions, wherein the programming instructions are executable by the at least one processor, and when executed, cause the network device to act as a user plane steering function fUSF) device, wherein the programming instructions include instructions to:
receive user online information of first user equipment sent by a control plane f CP) device, wherein the user online information comprises a traffic quality requirement, a virtual local area network identifier, and a first location identifier, and the first location identifier comprises an identifier of a steering function (SF) device and an identifier of a first physical port on the SF device;
determine, based on the user online information, a second UP device meeting the traffic quality requirement, and return an identifier of the second UP device to the CP device; and
send the identifier of the second UP device to a software-defined networking f SDN) controller.