IP Library Granted Patent US 12666245
Granted Patent B2
US 12666245 · App. 18/293,577 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Method and apparatus for session restoration

Inventors: Ping Chen (Shanghai, CN); Jingrui Tao (Guangzhou, CN); Haiming Cheng (Shanghai, CN); Qiang Liu (Shanghai, CN); Tianmei Liang (Shanghai, CN); Emiliano Merino Vazquez (Madrid, ES)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W8/18H04L12/1407H04L47/805H04L69/167
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Patent No.
US 12666245
App. No.
18/293,577
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for session restoration. A method performed by a network node includes receiving a first request for setting up a session with required quality of service (QOS) from an application node. The method further includes sending a first response including error information and subscription information of an existing session including a subscription identifier to the application node.

Claims (66)

1 . A method performed by a network exposure node, comprising:

receiving from an application node a second request for retrieving subscription data for the application node, wherein the second request comprises identification information of one or more user equipments (UEs); and

sending a second response comprising one or more subscription data created by the application node corresponding to the identification information of one or more UEs to the application node.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein identification information of a UE comprises at least one of:

an Internet protocol version 4 address of the UE,

an Internet protocol domain,

an identifier of the UE,

a MAC address of the UE, or

an Internet protocol version 6 address of the UE.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second response further comprises at least one of:

at least one QoS flow status corresponding to the subscription data, or

at least one notification event corresponding to the subscription data.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second request is an HTTP GET request and the second response is an HTTP GET response.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the network exposure node comprises at least one of:

an exposure function node, or

a policy control node.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the policy control node comprises at least one of:

Policy Control Function (PCF), or

Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF).

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the exposure function node comprises at least one of:

Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF),

Network Exposure Function (NEF), or

SCEF combined with NEF.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application node comprises at least one of:

application function,

application server (AS), or

services capability server (SCS).

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second request is triggered for recovery; and/or wherein the second response comprises queried active subscriptions for the application node.

10 . A method performed by an application node, comprising:

sending a second request for retrieving subscription data for the application node to a network node, wherein the second request comprises identification information of one or more user equipments (UEs); and

receiving a second response comprising one or more subscription data created by the application node corresponding to the identification information of one or more UEs from the network node.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein identification information of a UE comprises at least one of:

an Internet protocol version 4 address of the UE,

an Internet protocol domain,

an identifier of the UE,

a MAC address of the UE, or

an Internet protocol version 6 address of the UE.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second response further comprises at least one of:

at least one QoS flow status corresponding to the subscription data, or

at least one notification event corresponding to the subscription data.

13 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second request is an HTTP GET request and the second response is an HTTP GET response.

14 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the network node comprises at least one of:

an exposure function node, or

a policy control node.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the policy control node comprises at least one of:

Policy Control Function (PCF), or

Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF).

16 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the exposure function node comprises at least one of:

Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF),

Network Exposure Function (NEF), or

SCEF combined with NEF.

17 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the application node comprises at least one of:

application function,

application server, or

services capability server.

18 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second request is triggered for recovery; and/or wherein the second response comprises queried active subscriptions for the application node.

19 . A network exposure node, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor, whereby said network exposure node is operative to:

receive from an application node a second request for retrieving subscription data for the application node, wherein the second request comprises identification information of one or more user equipments (UEs); and

send a second response comprising one or more subscription data created by the application node corresponding to the identification information of one or more UEs to the application node.

20 . An application node, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor, whereby said application node is operative to:

send a second request for retrieving subscription data for the application node to a network node, wherein the second request comprises identification information of one or more user equipments (UEs); and

receive a second response comprising one or more subscription data created by the application node corresponding to the identification information of one or more UEs from the network node.