Gateway User Plane Allocation for Unified Home Network Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing networks, different user equipments within the same home are allocated to different user planes, making it difficult to implement unified management such as rate limiting and accounting, as they are not managed collectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allocate user equipments belonging to the same home to a unified user plane device by using a home identifier, ensuring they access the network through the same gateway user plane device, facilitating home-based management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different user equipment are allocated to different user planes based on load and service level agreements, then resource utilization and scheduling flexibility are improved, but unified home-based management capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user equipment into different groups based on home identifier, allowing independent management of each home group while maintaining overall system flexibility. The control device can allocate user planes to different homes independently, enabling unified management within each home while preserving scheduling flexibility across the entire network.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device acts as an intermediary between the gateway control plane device and user plane devices. It receives allocation requests, determines appropriate user planes based on home identifier and service level agreements, and coordinates the allocation process to ensure both unified home-based management and flexible resource utilization.
2Ease of operation
If user equipment from the same home are allocated to the same user plane device, then unified home-based management is improved, but load balancing capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic allocation where user plane devices can be dynamically assigned to different homes based on current load conditions and service level agreements. The control device continuously monitors system state and can reassign user planes to optimize both unified management capability and load balancing efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes allocation parameters dynamically based on home identifier, service level agreements, and real-time load conditions. By adjusting these parameters, the system can prioritize unified management for specific homes while maintaining overall load balancing efficiency across the network.
3Measurement precision
If a control device is introduced to manage user plane allocation, then allocation precision and control capability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device is designed with multi-functionality, handling both home-based unified management and load balancing tasks through a single integrated system. It processes allocation requests, determines appropriate user planes based on multiple criteria, and coordinates with gateway control plane devices, reducing the need for separate specialized devices.
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AI summary
This application discloses a method for controlling user equipment to access a network. After receiving a request packet sent by a gateway control plane device, a control device obtains, by parsing the request packet, a home identifier corresponding to first user equipment. The control device determines, based on the home identifier, a corresponding first target gateway user plane device when the first user equipment goes online, so that a plurality of user equipments corresponding to a same home identifier all go online through the first target gateway user plane device.