US 12,170,927 B2
Method and apparatus for controlling quality of service
Jinguo Zhu, Guangdong (CN); Xiaoyun Zhou, Guangdong (CN); Shuang Liang, Guangdong (CN); and He Huang, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by ZTE CORPORATION, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,270.
Application 18/055,270 is a continuation of application No. 16/148,867, filed on Oct. 1, 2018, granted, now 11,503,507.
Application 16/148,867 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2017/078617, filed on Mar. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 201610204534.5 (CN), filed on Apr. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262530 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/24 (2013.01) [H04W 92/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/24 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A device implemented as a session management function in a core network for wireless communication, comprising a processor that is configured to:
assign a flow identifier that has a binding relationship with a radio bearer based on information about a flow-based Quality of Service (QOS) requirement, wherein the flow identifier corresponds to information about a data flow characteristic of a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection; and
transmit the flow identifier and the information about the data flow characteristic to a user equipment,
wherein the session management function is separated from a mobility management function in the core network, and wherein the session management function and a PDN Gateway (PGW) serve as a control plane (CP) gateway that is in communication with an entity that is an access point of a data network and a user plane anchor for the user equipment.