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US 12,245,141 · App. 17/628,654 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

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

Inventor: Yoko Kuge (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W48/18H04W12/06H04W48/16H04W60/04
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Patent No.
US 12,245,141
App. No.
17/628,654
Granted
Mar 4, 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 (17)

1. A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

a transmission and reception unit;

a controller; and

a storage, wherein

the controller is configured to store a first Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI), which is pending for a network slice-specific authentication and authorization, into a first Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) in the storage,

the transmission and reception unit is configured to receive a Configuration update command message including an allowed NSSAI from a core network, and

in a case that the first S-NSSAI is included in the allowed NSSAI, the controller is further configured to remove the first S-NSSAI from the first NSSAI in the storage, and

in a case that the Configuration update command message includes a rejected NSSAI for a failed or revoked Network Slice-Specific Authentication and Authorization and the first S-NSSAI is included in the rejected NSSAI, the controller is further configured to remove the first S-NSSAI from the first NSSAI in the storage and store the first S-NSSAI into a second NSSAI in the storage.

2. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller does not include the first S-NSSAI, which is stored in the storage, in a requested NSSAI.

3. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein

in a registration procedure, the transmission and reception unit is further configured to send a registration request message including capability information, which indicates whether the UE supports the network slice-specific authentication and authorization, to the core network.

4. A communication control method for a User Equipment (UE), the communication control method comprising:

storing a first Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI), which is pending for a network slice-specific authentication and authorization, into a first Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) in a storage;

receiving a Configuration update command message including an allowed NSSAI from a core network;

in a case that the first S-NSSAI is included in the allowed NSSAI, removing the first S-NSSAI from the first NSSAI in the storage; and

in a case that the Configuration update command message includes a rejected NSSAI for a failed or revoked Network Slice-Specific Authentication and Authorization and the first S-NSSAI is included in the rejected NSSAI, removing the first S-NSSAI from the first NSSAI in the storage and storing the first S-NSSAI into a second NSSAI in the storage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: KUGE, YOKO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058708/0033 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-134403 · Jul 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220256450A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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