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Granted Patent B2
US 12672087 · App. 18/045,274 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Terminal registration processing for aerial services

Inventors: Pallab Gupta (Bangalore, IN); Saurabh Khare (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
H04W60/04H04W48/16H04W84/06
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Patent No.
US 12672087
App. No.
18/045,274
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided measures for improvement of terminal registration processing for aerial services. Such measures exemplarily comprise, e.g. at a first network entity for managing network access, receiving information indicative of unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of a communication endpoint, discovering that unmanned aerial system related services are enabled for said communication endpoint, and transmitting, towards said communication endpoint, an unmanned aerial system service status initiated indication providing information in relation to a present registration of said communication endpoint to a network.

Claims (38)

1 . A method of a first network entity comprising an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) of a network, the method comprising:

receiving, from a communication endpoint, a non-access stratum registration message including information indicative of unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint;

determining that unmanned aerial system related services are not allowed for the communication endpoint;

sending, to the communication endpoint, a non-access stratum registration message including an indication that the unmanned aerial system related services are not allowed for the communication endpoint;

storing, in a context associated with the communication endpoint, the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint;

after the sending, receiving, from a unified data management (UDM) server, a notification indicating that the unmanned aerial system related services are enabled for the communication endpoint;

based on the receiving the notification, determining, based on the stored information, that the communication endpoint has the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities; and

based on the determining that the communication endpoint has the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities, transmitting, to the communication endpoint, an unmanned aerial system service status initiated indication comprising

a re-registration request for the communication endpoint, or

information for a configuration update of the communication endpoint.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint, the method further comprises extracting the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint from a non-access stratum registration message received from the communication endpoint.

3 . An apparatus for managing a network, the apparatus comprising

at least one processor, and

at least one memory including computer program code of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF),

which, when executed by the at least one processor cause the apparatus to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a communication endpoint, a non-access stratum registration message including information indicative of unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint;

determining that unmanned aerial system related services are not allowed for the communication endpoint;

sending, to the communication endpoint, a non-access stratum registration message including an indication that the unmanned aerial system related services are not allowed for the communication endpoint;

storing, in a context associated with the communication endpoint, the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint;

after the sending, receiving, from a unified data management (UDM) server, a notification indicating that the unmanned aerial system related services are enabled for the communication endpoint;

based on the receiving the notification, determining, based on the stored information, that the communication endpoint has the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities; and

based on the determining that the communication endpoint has the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities, transmitting, to the communication endpoint, an unmanned aerial system service status initiated indication comprising

a re-registration request for the communication endpoint, or

information for a configuration update of the communication endpoint.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the re-registration request includes an indication that the unmanned aerial system related services are enabled for said communication endpoint.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the receiving the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint comprises extracting the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint from a non-access stratum registration message received from the communication endpoint.

6 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), which, when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to at least to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a communication endpoint, a non-access stratum registration message including information indicative of unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint;

determining that unmanned aerial system related services are not allowed for the communication endpoint;

sending, to the communication endpoint, a non-access stratum registration message including an indication that the unmanned aerial system related services are not allowed for the communication endpoint;

storing, in a context associated with the communication endpoint, the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint;

after the sending, receiving, from a unified data management (UDM) server, a notification indicating that the unmanned aerial system related services are enabled for the communication endpoint;

based on the receiving the notification, determining, based on the stored information, that the communication endpoint has the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities; and

based on the determining that the communication endpoint has the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities, transmitting, to the communication endpoint, an unmanned aerial system service status initiated indication comprising

a re-registration request for the communication endpoint, or

information for a configuration update of the communication endpoint.

7 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the re-registration request includes an indication that the unmanned aerial system related services are enabled for said communication endpoint.

8 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein the receiving the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint comprises extracting the information indicative of the unmanned aerial vehicle related capabilities of the communication endpoint from a non-access stratum registration message received from the communication endpoint.