Patent ID: 11882611
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. An apparatus of a mobile network comprising:
at least one memory element for storing data; and
at least one processor for executing instructions associated with the data, wherein executing the instructions causes the apparatus to perform operations, comprising:
obtaining, by the apparatus of the mobile network via a first cell of a radio access network, a request for a user equipment to connect to the mobile network via a first Radio Frequency (RF) connection with the first cell, wherein the radio access network comprises a plurality of radio units in which each radio unit 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;
determining, through authentication of the user equipment for connection to the mobile network, that the user equipment is allowed for dual-connectivity operation; and
based on determining that the user equipment is allowed for dual-connectivity operation, providing a user equipment route selection policy (URSP) to the user equipment, wherein the URSP identifies, for each of a plurality of applications, one of a shared cell operating mode or a unique cell operating mode that the user equipment is to utilize for RF connections for each of the plurality of applications and the URSP is to enable the user equipment to establish a first session via the first RF connection utilizing the shared cell operating mode or the unique cell operating mode for operating a first application of the plurality of applications.