Mobile Network ANUP Patent by Zhang et al
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260113157A1 titled 'Mobile Network User Plane with Access Network User Plane Function' filed by inventors Zhaohui Zhang, Constantine Dimitrios-Polychronopoulos, and Arda Akman on October 21, 2025 (Application No. 19364901). The application covers a method where an Access Network User Plane Function (ANUP) executes access network protocols to connect with user equipment, implements interfaces with data networks based on session data from a mobile core control plane function, and routes packets between the UE connection and data network interface. CPC classifications include H04L 5/0048, H04L 5/0064, H04W 8/04, and H04W 28/0263.
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USPTO classification H04L covers transmission of digital information: network protocols, modulation schemes, wireless signal processing, coding, encryption in transit, and multiplexing. With 5G, 6G, and satellite internet driving new filings, H04L is one of the largest active patent classes. Every newly published application in H04L lands in this feed, around 215 a month. Applications publish 18 months after filing, so this feed reveals what MediaTek, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Samsung, Huawei, and dozens of smaller companies were working on in the prior year and a half. Watch this if you compete in networking hardware, advise telecoms on IP strategy, or scout acquisition targets in wireless infrastructure.
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USPTO published patent application US20260113157A1 for a mobile network architecture using an Access Network User Plane Function (ANUP). The ANUP executes access network protocols to establish connections with user equipment, implements interfaces with data networks based on session data from a mobile core control plane function, and routes or switches packets between the UE connection and the data network interface. This represents a new patent application in the telecommunications/networking field.
Affected parties include telecommunications equipment manufacturers, mobile network infrastructure vendors, and companies developing 5G/next-generation mobile network technology. The published application establishes a priority date and exposes the technical approach to public scrutiny during the examination process. No compliance obligations are created by a patent application.
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MOBILE NETWORK USER PLANE WITH ACCESS NETWORK USER PLANE FUNCTION
Application US20260113157A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Inventors
Zhaohui Zhang, Constantine Dimitrios-Polychronopoulos, Arda Akman
Abstract
In an example, a method comprises executing, by an access network user plane function (ANUP) for a mobile network, an access network protocol to implement a connection with a user equipment (UE); implementing, by the ANUP, based on session data received from a control plane function of a mobile core network for the mobile network, an interface with a data network; and routing or switching, by the ANUP, packets between the connection with the UE and the interface with the data network.
CPC Classifications
H04L 5/0048 H04L 5/0064 H04W 8/04 H04W 28/0263
Filing Date
2025-10-21
Application No.
19364901
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