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Granted Patent B2
US 11,758,499 · App. 17/722,555 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Session management for aerial system

Inventors: Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Taehun Kim (Fairfax, VA); Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W60/04H04W12/06H04W12/72H04W60/06H04W76/18H04W84/06
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Patent No.
US 11,758,499
App. No.
17/722,555
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An access and mobility management function (AMF) receives, from a wireless device, a registration request message for the wireless device. The AMF performs an authentication and/or authorization procedure for an aerial service of the wireless device. The AMF receives, from the wireless device, a request to establish a session associated with the aerial service. The AMF sends, to a session management (SMF), based on the request to establish the session, a message indicating whether the aerial service of the wireless device is authenticated and/or authorized.

Claims (37)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an access and mobility management function (AMF), from a wireless device, a registration request message for the wireless device;

performing, by the AMF, an authentication and/or authorization procedure for an aerial service of the wireless device;

receiving, by the AMF from the wireless device, a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with the aerial service; and

sending, by the AMF to a session management function (SMF), based on receiving the PDU session establishment request from the wireless device, a create session management context message comprising an indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS).

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the AMF from the SMF, an indication of whether to accept the PDU session establishment request.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, to the wireless device, a protocol data unit session establishment reject message indicating rejection of the PDU session establishment request and comprising a cause value associated with the rejection.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the create session management context message indicating whether the aerial service of the wireless device is authenticated and/or authorized by the USS is a create session management context request message.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the registration request message for the wireless device comprises an aerial vehicle identifier of the wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDU session is for communicating with a service supplier of the aerial service.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDU session is for command and control (C2) communication of the aerial service.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the authentication and/or authorization procedure comprises sending, by the AMF to the USS, an authentication and/or authorization request.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises an aerial vehicle identifier of the wireless device.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises a generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) of the wireless device.

11. An access and mobility management function (AMF) comprising one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the AMF to:

receive, from a wireless device, a registration request message for the wireless device;

perform an authentication and/or authorization procedure for an aerial service of the wireless device;

receive, from the wireless device, a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with the aerial service; and

send, to a session management function (SMF), based on receiving the PDU session establishment request from the wireless device, a create session management context message comprising an indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS).

12. The AMF of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, by the AMF from the SMF, an indication of whether to accept the PDU session establishment request.

13. The AMF of claim 11 , further comprising sending, to the wireless device, a protocol data unit session establishment reject message indicating rejection of the PDU session establishment request and comprising a cause value associated with the rejection.

14. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein the create session management context message indicating whether the aerial service of the wireless device is authenticated and/or authorized by the USS is a create session management context request message.

15. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein the registration request message for the wireless device comprises an aerial vehicle identifier of the wireless device.

16. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein the PDU session is for communicating with a service supplier of the aerial service.

17. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein the PDU session is for command and control (C2) communication of the aerial service.

18. The AMF of claim 11 , wherein performing the authentication and/or authorization procedure comprises sending, by the AMF to the USS, an authentication and/or authorization request.

19. The AMF of claim 18 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises an aerial vehicle identifier of the wireless device.

20. The AMF of claim 18 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises a generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) of the wireless device.

21. A system comprising:

an access and mobility management function (AMF) comprising: one or more first processors and first memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the AMF to:

receive, from a wireless device, a registration request message for the wireless device;

determine an authentication and/or authorization of an aerial service of the wireless device;

receive, from the wireless device, a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with the aerial service; and

send, to a session management function (SMF), based on receiving the PDU session establishment request from the wireless device, a create session management context message indicating whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS); and

the SMF, wherein the SMF comprises: one or more second processors and second memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the SMF to:

receive, from the AMF, the create session management context message comprising the indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by the USS; and

determine, based on the whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized, to accept or reject a session management context request of the wireless device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2022
From: RYU, JINSOOK; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; FARD, PEYMAN TALEBI; KIM, TAEHUN; QIAO, WEIHUA
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 059622/0956 →
Continuity (3)
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