A USER PLANE ENTITY AND METHOD THEREIN FOR ENABLING USER PLANE DATA TRAFFIC FROM SETS OF WIRELESS DEVICES TO BE HANDLED BY VIRTUAL PROCESSING ENTITIES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

A method performed in a user plane entity (900) for enabling user plane data traffic from sets of wireless devices to be handled by virtual processing entities in a wireless communications network (100) is provided. The user plane entity (900) assigns an Internet Protocol, IP, address to each virtual processing entity. Also, the user plane entity (900) establishes, for each set of wireless devices, a primary route associating at least one transport channel carrying user plane data traffic from the set of wireless devices (UE_7, UE_8) with the assigned IP address of the virtual processing entity (VPE#4) that is responsible for handling the user plane data traffic from said set of wireless devices (UE_7, UE_8). Further, the user plane entity (900) establishes, for each set of wireless devices, secondary routes associating the at least one transport channel carrying user plane data traffic from the set of wireless devices (UE_7, UE_8) with one or more of the assigned IP addresses of the virtual processing entities (VPE#1, VPE#2, VPE#3) that are currently not responsible for handling the user plane data traffic from said set of wireless devices, respectively. A user plane entity (900) for enabling user plane data traffic from sets of wireless devices to be handled by virtual processing entities in a wireless communications network (100) is also provided.