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

Claim 7:
8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code configured, upon execution by at least one processor, to cause the at least one processor to:
receive, from a session management function entity, a pre-rule, wherein the pre-rule is a partly-generated rule of a N4 rule related to local traffic offloading with respect to at least one user plane function entity under control of an 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 determine information that said intermediate session management function is to use with said pre-rule to generate said N4 rule;
determine the information that is to be used to generate said N4 rule;
generate, based on said pre-rule and said information, a first rule of at least one rule related to local traffic offloading; and
transmit said N4 rule to said at least one user plane function entity.