Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Access Traffic Steering, Switching, Splitting (atsss) Between Access Paths Connected To An Evolved Packet Core And To A 5g Core In Wireless Communication Systems

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647105816 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on September 02, 2026, for Access Traffic Steering, Switching, Splitting (atsss) Between Access Paths Connected To An Evolved Packet Core And To A 5g Core In Wireless Communication Systems.

Inventors include Landais, Bruno; Gkellas, Georgios; and Thibaut, Laurent.

The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for a user plane function (UPF) to provide data to a user equipment (UE) that includes receiving, from a session management function (SMF), rules associated with a packet forwarding con...