Patent ID: 11871330
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A user plane system comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory; and
one or more components stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a stressed User Plane Function (UPF) and from a Session Management Function (SMF), a services request; and
transmitting, to a node in a path connected to the stressed UPF, at least one heartbeat message, the at least one heartbeat message being utilized by the node to transmit a migration request and to receive a route indication for migrating a communication session based on a route associated with a replacement UPF, the route indication being utilized by the replacement UPF to update a routing table.