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

Claim 10:
11. A network element having an aggregate gateway function to facilitate network access by a residential gateway in a control and user plane separation architecture, the aggregate gateway function including a control plane and a separate user plane, and the residential gateway configured for both wired and wireless communication via the network, the network element 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 network element to
establish 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
facilitate network access by the residential gateway according to the plurality of first packet forwarding control protocol sessions.