IP Library Granted Patent US 11,576,219
Granted Patent B2
US 11,576,219 · App. 17/056,672 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

User equipment, control apparatus, and communication control method

Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki (Sakai, JP); Masafumi Aramoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04W76/11H04W76/18H04W76/25
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Patent No.
US 11,576,219
App. No.
17/056,672
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a communication unit for implementing functions for URLLC that requires communication of high reliability and/or low latency in the 5GS. Provided is a communication unit for enabling functions for URLLC even in the 5GS that supports a network-initiated configuration update procedure and multiple types of session and service continuity. Further, provided is a communication unit for, in a case that multiple types of functions for URLLC are possible, sharing which function out of the functions for URLLC is available and appropriately managing shared information between a user equipment and a network.

Claims (24)

1. A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

a controller; and

transmission and/or reception circuitry, wherein

during a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment procedure, the transmission and/or reception circuitry is configured to receive, from a core network device, a PDU session establishment accept message,

the controller considers, in a case that the transmission and/or reception circuitry receives information indicating a type of a PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, that an established PDU session is usable for Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC),

the controller considers, in a case that the transmission and/or reception circuitry does not receive information indicating the type of the PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, whether the established PDU session is usable for the URLLC to be unknown, and

the established PDU session usable for the URLLC is associated with a Quality of Service (QoS) rule.

2. A core network device comprising:

a controller; and

transmission and/or reception circuitry, wherein

during a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment procedure, the transmission and/or reception circuitry is configured to transmit, to a User Equipment (UE), a PDU session establishment accept message,

the controller considers, in a case that the transmission and/or reception circuitry transmits information indicating a type of a PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, that an established PDU session is usable for Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC),

the controller considers, in a case that the transmission and/or reception circuitry does not transmit information indicating the type of the PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, whether the established PDU session is usable for the URLLC to be unknown, and

the established PDU session usable for the URLLC is associated with a Quality of Service (QoS) rule.

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

during a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment procedure, receiving, from a core network device, a PDU session establishment accept message;

considering, in a case of receiving information indicating a type of a PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, that an established PDU session is usable for Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC); and

considering in a case of not receiving information indicating the type of the PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, whether the established PDU session is usable for the URLLC to be unknown, wherein

the established PDU session usable for the URLLC is associated with a Quality of Service (QoS) rule.

4. A communication control method performed by a core network device, the communication control method comprising:

during a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment procedure, transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), a PDU session establishment accept message;

considering, in a case of transmitting information indicating a type of a PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, that an established PDU session is usable for Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC); and

considering, in a case of not transmitting information indicating the type of the PDU session included in the PDU session establishment accept message, whether the established PDU session is usable for the URLLC to be unknown, wherein

the established PDU session usable for the URLLC is associated with a Quality of Service (QoS) rule.

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 Nov 18, 2020
From: KAWASAKI, YUDAI; ARAMOTO, MASAFUMI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054410/0207 →