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Selective user plane monitoring multiple monitoring probes when a serving gateway has multiple IP addresses

A system for selective user plane (UP) monitoring includes a service gateway (SGW) having a plurality of units. The system further includes a network packet broker (NPB) configured to receive packets including UP data from tunnels created to enable transmission of the UP packets from UE to the plurality of SGW units. The NPB is also configured to receive packets including control plane (CP) data from channels enabling transmission of the CP packets from a base transceiver station to the SGW. The system also includes a plurality of probes operatively coupled to the NPB. The probes are configured to generate first metrics associated with the received CP packets and to selectively generate second metrics associated with the received UP packets based on one or more identifiers. The NPB is configured to forward UP packets being processed by a particular SGW unit to a particular probe of the plurality of probes.

Patent

Brief

Patent brief

Problem

How can battery fires and thermal runaway in EV packs be prevented?

Novelty

The system further includes a network packet broker (NPB) configured to receive packets including UP data from tunnels c...

Uses

Battery packs, Vehicle safety, Pack telemetry

Assignee

NetScout Systems, Inc.

Published

Mar 10, 2026

Inventors

Anil K. Singhal, Bruce A. Kelley, Jr., Rajeev Nadkarni, Narendra Byrapuram

Domain

Mobility / storage

Plain-English summary

Problem

How can battery fires and thermal runaway in EV packs be prevented?

Solution

system for selective user plane (UP) monitoring includes a service gateway (SGW) having a plurality of units.

Key novelty

The system further includes a network packet broker (NPB) configured to receive packets including UP data from tunnels created to enable transmission of the UP packets from UE to the plurality of SGW units.

Applications

Battery packsVehicle safetyPack telemetry

Relevant search intents

monitoring

Claims preview

1 . A system for selective user plane monitoring in a wireless network, the system comprising: a plurality of monitoring probes; a service getaway (SGW) having a plurality of units, each unit having at least one processor, a memory and a unique IP address; a network packet broker configured to receive operatively coupled to the plurality of monitoring probes and the plurality of SGW units, wherein the network packet broker receives a plurality of user plane packets comprising user plane data from one or more tunnels created to enable direct transmission of user plane packets from between user equipment to and the plurality of SGW units and configured to receive , wherein the network packet broker receives a plurality of control plane packets comprising control plane data from one or more channels created to enable transmission of control plane packets from between a base transceiver station to and the plurality of SGW ; and units, wherein the network packet broker forwards the plurality of user plane packets and the plurality of control plane packets to the plurality of monitoring probes, a wherein the plurality of monitoring probes operatively coupled to the network packet broker, the monitoring probes are configured to generate generates a first plurality of metrics associated with the control plane packets and configured to , selectively generate generates a second plurality of metrics associated with the user plane packets based on one or more subscriber identifiers , and selectively generate generates a third plurality of user plane metrics for a subset of the subscriber identifiers , wherein the third plurality of user plane metrics is different than the second plurality of user plane metrics , wherein the network packet broker is configured to forward a plurality of user plane packets being processed by a particular SGW unit to a particular monitoring probe of the plurality of probes . 2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the SGW comprises a blade server and wherein each of the plurality of SGW units comprises a blade. 3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more tunnels comprise encapsulated unidirectional tunnels and wherein each tunnel is associated with a particular user flow.

Linked approaches

Battery monitoring systems

Sensors and control systems that detect and mitigate thermal events early.

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