Patent ID: 11871271
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:
obtaining policy information by a session management function of a mobile network from a policy server, wherein the mobile network includes a radio access network comprising a plurality of radio units in which each radio units of the plurality of radio units provides a shared cell that is shared with at least one other radio unit of the plurality of radio units and each radio unit of the plurality of radio units provides a unique cell that is not shared with any other radio units of the plurality of radio units and the policy information obtained by the session management function indicates whether user equipment are to utilize a shared cell operating mode or a unique cell operating mode for radio communications within the radio access network based on different application traffic of the user equipment;
obtaining, by the session management function, an indication of particular application traffic of a particular user equipment from an access and mobility management function or a user plane function;
identifying, by the session management function of the mobile network, one of the shared cell operating mode or the unique cell operating mode that the user equipment is to utilize for radio communications within the radio access network for the particular application traffic based on the policy information; and
causing the particular user equipment to perform radio communications for the particular application traffic using the shared cell operating mode or the unique cell operating mode.