User Equipment Access to Cloud Networks via Target Network Identifier
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional telecommunications networks require user equipment to request connectivity to a combination of data network name and network slice, making the connection process cumbersome and complicated for accessing specific networking resources within cloud provider infrastructures.
Innovation Solution
User equipment requests a communication session to a further network within a cloud provider infrastructure using a target network identifier, allowing the telecommunications network to associate the session with an existing data network name or slice, and providing connectivity via a control and user plane function without prior knowledge of underlying network details.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If user equipment requests connectivity to a combination of data network name and network slice in conventional telecommunications networks, then connectivity to specific networking resources is established, but the connection process becomes cumbersome and complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud provider infrastructure as an intermediary layer between the user equipment and the telecommunications network. The cloud provider receives connectivity requests from user equipment and translates them into appropriate data network name and network slice combinations, thereby simplifying the user interface while maintaining reliable connectivity establishment through the complex network infrastructure
2Adaptability or versatility
If user equipment must request connectivity to data network name and network slice combination, then specific networking resources can be accessed, but the complexity of network configuration management increases for user equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complexity of network configuration management from the user equipment and relocates it to the cloud provider infrastructure. The cloud provider handles the mapping between simplified user requests and the complex data network name/network slice combinations, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining adaptability to access various networking resources
3Reliability
If conventional telecommunications networks require data network name and network slice provisioning, then connectivity to cloud provider infrastructure is established, but the process becomes more cumbersome and complicated than necessary
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud provider infrastructure acts as a mediator that simplifies the connection establishment process. It receives high-level connectivity requests from user equipment and automatically translates them into the required data network name and network slice provisioning, thereby maintaining reliable connectivity to cloud infrastructure while significantly improving ease of operation
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AI summary
A method for using a user equipment with a telecommunications network includes: the user equipment requests a communication session to be established to or towards a further network, using a target network identifier information as part of a request message being transmitted, by the user equipment, to a control plane function of the telecommunications network; the communication session is associated to a data network and/or data network name in order to provide connectivity towards the further network via cloud provider infrastructure using the data network; the user equipment receives a communication session establishment accept message, transmitted by the control plane function of the telecommunications network; and the user equipment uses the established communication session to access the further network via a user plane function of the telecommunications network.