IP Library Granted Patent US 12,207,089
Granted Patent B2
US 12,207,089 · App. 17/628,539 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

User equipment, intra-core network apparatus, and communication control method

Inventor: Yoko Kuge (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W12/08H04W12/06H04W60/00
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Patent No.
US 12,207,089
App. No.
17/628,539
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, a procedure and a communicator for initial registration of UE or periodic or mobility-based registration for achieving Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization in 5GS. Furthermore, a communicator for achieving a function related to Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization in 5GS is provided by providing a procedure and a communicator for changing a UE configuration initiated by a network, the procedure being initiated based on the Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization initiated by the network and completion of the Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization.

Claims (22)

1. A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media coupled to the at least one processor and storing one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the UE to:

receive a registration accept message including Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) which is rejected from a core network;

store the S-NSSAI in a storage;

start a timer associated with the S-NSSAI;

delete the S-NSSAI from the storage in a case that the timer expires; and

in a case that rejected Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) including the S-NSSAI is received from the core network, stop the timer associated with the S-NSSAI.

2. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the UE to:

in a case that a timer value is received with the S-NSSAI, start the timer with the timer value.

3. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the UE to:

start the timer with a timer value stored by the UE in advance.

4. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the UE to:

in a case that allowed NSSAI is received and the allowed NSSAI includes the S-NSSAI, stop the timer.

5. The UE according to claim 2 , wherein

the timer value is associated with the S-NSSAI.

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

receiving a registration accept message including Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) which is rejected from a core network;

storing the S-NSSAI in the UE;

starting a timer associated with the S-NSSAI;

deleting the S-NSSAI from the UE in a case that the timer expires; and

in a case that the UE receives rejected Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) including the S-NSSAI from the core network, stopping the timer associated with the S-NSSAI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2022
From: KUGE, YOKO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058700/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-134402 · Jul 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220295279A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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