IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,800,432
Granted Patent B2
US 11,800,432 · App. 17/539,396 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Location reporting handling

Inventors: Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA); Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W48/08H04W64/003
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Patent No.
US 11,800,432
App. No.
17/539,396
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first base station receives a first request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device. The first base station determines the change of the CAG area of the wireless device, and sends, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) and based on the determining, a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

Claims (72)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first base station of a radio access network from an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a core network, a first request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device;

determining, by the first base station, the change of the CAG area of the wireless device; and

sending, by the first base station to the AMF and based on the determining, a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first request comprises at least one of:

a user equipment identity;

an event type;

an area of interest; or

a location reporting identity.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the area of interest comprises at least one of:

a list of tracking area identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of cell identities; or

an area of interest representing as a list of base station identities.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station determines the change of the CAG area of the wireless device based on at least one of:

a first movement of the wireless device from a first CAG area to a second CAG area;

a second movement of the wireless device from a CAG area to a non-CAG area;

a cell information;

a change of an area of interest; or

a presence status.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the area of interest comprises at least one of:

a CAG identity;

any CAG; or

allowed CAG identities of the wireless device.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the presence status comprises at least one of:

in;

out; or

unknown.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first base station determines the change of the CAG area based on a location reporting information received from a second base station.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the location reporting information is received from the second base station in a handover request message.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the first base station, a second request to cancel the first request.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second request is received based on an expiration of a CAG membership of the wireless device.

11. A first base station of a radio access network, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first base station to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a core network, a first request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device;

determining the change of the CAG area of the wireless device; and

sending, to the AMF and based on the determining, a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

12. The first base station of claim 11 , wherein the first request comprises at least one of:

a user equipment identity;

an event type;

an area of interest; or

a location reporting identity.

13. The first base station of claim 12 , wherein the area of interest comprises at least one of:

a list of tracking area identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of cell identities; or

an area of interest representing as a list of base station identities.

14. The first base station of claim 12 , wherein the area of interest comprises at least one of:

a CAG identity;

any CAG; or

allowed CAG identities of the wireless device.

15. The first base station of claim 11 , wherein the first base station determines the change of the CAG area of the wireless device based on at least one of:

a first movement of the wireless device from a first CAG area to a second CAG area;

a second movement of the wireless device from a CAG area to a non-CAG area;

a cell information;

a change of an area of interest; or

a presence status.

16. The first base station of claim 15 , wherein the first base station determines the change of the CAG area based on a location reporting information received from a second base station.

17. The first base station of claim 16 , wherein the location reporting information is received from the second base station in a handover request message.

18. The first base station of claim 15 , wherein the presence status comprises at least one of:

in;

out; or

unknown.

19. The first base station of claim 11 , further comprising receiving a second request to cancel the first request.

20. A system comprising:

an access and mobility function (AMF) of a core network, the AMF comprising one or more first processors;

a base station of a radio access network, the base station comprising one or more second processors;

a first memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the AMF to perform operations comprising:

sending, to the base station, a request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device; and

a second memory storing instructions that, when executed by the second one or more processors, cause the base station to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from the AMF, the request to notify the change of the closed access group (CAG) area of the wireless device;

determining the change of the CAG area of the wireless device; and

sending, to the AMF and based on the determining, a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2022
From: RYU, JINSOOK; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; FARD, PEYMAN TALEBI; QIAO, WEIHUA; BHARATIA, JAYSHREE A
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 058574/0900 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16837377 · Apr 1, 2020
Provisional Application 62827771 · Apr 1, 2019
Related Publication 20220095204A1 · Mar 24, 2022
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