IP Library Granted Patent US 11,259,242
Granted Patent B2
US 11,259,242 · App. 16/961,638 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

User equipment

Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki (Sakai, JP); Masafumi Aramoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04W48/18H04W8/08H04W36/0066H04W36/14H04W48/12H04W48/16
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,259,242
App. No.
16/961,638
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication unit for implementing an operation for CIoT in 5GS and a communication unit for mapping a connection associated with the function for CIoT to an appropriate connection in a handover between the 5GS and EPS are provided. Even in the 5GS supporting a network slice, a communication unit for allowing the operation for CIoT to be used is provided. Furthermore, a communication unit for mapping a PDN connection associated with the operation for CIoT and established in the EPS to an appropriate PDU session in a handover of user equipment from the EPS to the 5GS is provided. Furthermore, a communication unit for mapping a PDU session established in the 5GS to an appropriate PDN connection in the handover of the user equipment from the 5GS to the EPS is provided.

Claims (12)

1. A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

transmission and/or reception circuitry configured to receive first information in an ACTIVATE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST message in a procedure to establish a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection,

wherein

the first information indicates that the PDN connection is only for control plane Cellular IoT Evolved Packet System (CIoT EPS) optimization; and

a controller,

wherein

after inter-system change from S1 mode to N1 mode, the controller associates a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session corresponding to the PDN connection with the first information.

2. A communication control method performed by a User Equipment (UE), the communication control method comprising:

receiving first information in an ACTIVATE DEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST message in a procedure to establish a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection,

wherein

the first information indicates that the PDN connection is only for control plane Cellular IoT Evolved Packet System (CIoT EPS) optimization; and

after inter-system change from S1 mode to N1 mode, associating a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session corresponding to the PDN connection with the first information.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063815/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062389/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: KAWASAKI, YUDAI; ARAMOTO, MASAFUMI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053692/0379 →