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US 11,985,584 · App. 17/266,733 · Granted May 14, 2024

UE behavior in an allowed area or a non-allowed area

Inventors: Kundan Tiwari (Karnataka, IN); Toshiyuki Tamura (Tokyo, JP); Linghang Fan (Woking, GB)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W48/04H04W36/32H04W60/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,985,584
App. No.
17/266,733
Filed
Feb 8, 2021
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2643
USPC
370/331
Abstract

A method for a User Equipment (UE) ( 500 ) comprises performing registration procedure to 5G System (5GS); receiving at least one of area restriction related information indicating at least one of allowed area and not allowed area, wherein the area restriction related information is at least one of per Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) basis, per Access Point Name (APN) basis, and per S-NSSAI and APN basis; and determining whether or not to transmit a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session related signaling based on the area information; wherein the UE ( 500 ) transmits the PDU session related signaling when the UE ( 500 ) enters Tracking Area (TA) present in the allowed area or when the UE ( 500 ) does not enter TA present in the not allowed area.

Claims (23)

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

sending a registration request message to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node;

receiving, from the AMF node, a registration accept message including area information per Data Network Name (DNN) and Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) during a registration procedure, wherein the area information includes a Tracking Area (TA); and

establishing a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session for the DNN and the S-NSSAI in response to determining that the UE is in an area per the DNN and the S-NSSAI.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

refraining from establishing the PDU session for the DNN and the S-NSSAI in response to determining that the UE is out of the area per the DNN and the S-NSSAI.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the AMF node receives the area information from a Unified Data Management (UDM) node.

4. A method for an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a registration request message from a User Equipment (UE); and

sending, to the UE, a registration accept message including the area information per Data Network Name (DNN) and Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) during a registration procedure, wherein the area information includes a Tracking Area (TA), to cause the UE to establish a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session for the DNN and the S-NSSAI in response to determining that the UE is in an area per the DNN and the S-NSSAI.

5. The method according to claim 4 , the method further comprising:

refraining from establishing the PDU session for the DNN and the S-NSSAI in response to determining that the UE is out of the area per the DNN and the S-NSSAI.

6. A User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one hardware processor configured to process the instruction to:

send a registration request message to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node;

receive, from the AMF node, a registration accept message including area information per Data Network Name (DNN) and Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) during a registration procedure, wherein the area information includes a Tracking Area (TA); and

establish a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session for the DNN and the S-NSSAI in response to determining that the UE is in an area per the DNN and the S-NSSAI.

7. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node in a mobile communication system, the AMF comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one hardware processor configured to process the instructions to:

receive a registration request message from a User Equipment (UE); and

send, to the UE, a registration accept message including the area information per Data Network Name (DNN) and Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) during a registration procedure, wherein the area information includes a Tracking Area (TA), to cause the UE to establish a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment for the DNN and the S-NSSAI in response to determining that the UE is in an area per the DNN and the S-NSSAI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: TIWARI, KUNDAN; TAMURA, TOSHIYUKI; FAN, LINGHANG
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060578/0979 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 201811029944 · Aug 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210314849A1 · Oct 7, 2021
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