Verizon Communications Inc.
Systems and methods for user plane function ("UPF") offload at configurable routing fabric

Abstract:

A system described herein may provide for the separation of functions associated with a User Plane Function ("UPF") in a wireless network (e.g., a Fifth Generation ("5G") network), such that routing devices associated with the wireless network may perform functionality that would otherwise be performed by virtualized hosts or other configurable resources. For example, routing components which form a backhaul or other portion of the network may process traffic according to a suitable set of policies (e.g., Quality of Service ("QoS") policies, content filtering policies, queueing policies, and/or other policies) instead of transmitting such traffic to a UPF associated with the network core for processing.