NETWORK ENTITIES AND METHODS CONFIGURED FOR SUPPORTING OF FLOW IDENTIFICATION IN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

摘要

The present invention refers to supporting of flow identification in a communications network, within scope of which a first network entity is provided, which comprises a data processing module configured to: transmit a flow identifier to a second entity of said communications network; receive a flow filter data from said second entity of said communications network, wherein said flow filter data represents data determined based on said flow identifier; and provide said flow filter data for identification of traffic flows in said communications network. The second network entity, in turn, comprises: a receiving module configured to receive a flow identifier from the first network entity; a data processing module configured to determine a flow filter data based on said flow identifier; and a transmitting module configured to transmit said flow filter data to said first network entity.