Patent ID: 11895537
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A network device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
select a first user plane function for establishing, with a user equipment, a protocol data unit session with a single flow;
receive an application function trigger associated with a first new flow for a first application of the user equipment;
select a second user plane function for the first new flow;
create a first traffic filter for the first new flow;
cause the first traffic filter to be provided to the user equipment so that first application traffic is routed, based on the first traffic filter, to the second user plane function and a first multi-access edge computing device associated with the second user plane function;
receive another application function trigger associated with a second new flow for a second application of the user equipment;
select a third user plane function for the second new flow;
create a second traffic filter for the second new flow; and
cause the second traffic filter to be provided to the user equipment so that second application traffic is routed, based on the second traffic filter, to the third user plane function and a second multi-access edge computing device associated with the third user plane function.