IP Library Granted Patent US 12,309,680
Granted Patent B2
US 12,309,680 · App. 17/735,898 · Granted May 20, 2025

Public warning system messaging in private and public networks

Inventors: Yung-Lan Tseng (Taipei, TW); Mei-Ju Shih (Taipei, TW); Hung-Chen Chen (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W4/90H04W8/18
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Patent No.
US 12,309,680
App. No.
17/735,898
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a public warning system (PWS) message is provided. The method receives, via a first serving cell or a higher layer of the UE, a configuration for warning message reception that is associated with a first network. The method receives the PWS message from a second network that is supported by a second serving cell. The method then determines, based on the received configuration, whether to accept the PWS message or to ignore the PWS message.

Claims (26)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for receiving a public warning system (PWS) message, the method comprising:

receiving, via a first serving cell or a higher layer of the UE, a configuration for warning message reception that is associated with a first network;

receiving, by a lower layer of the UE, the PWS message from a second network that is supported by a second serving cell; and

determining, based on the received configuration, whether to pass the PWS message to the higher layer of the UE or to ignore the PWS message and not passing the PWS message to the higher layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network comprises a first standalone non-public network (SNPN) and the second network comprises a second SNPN.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first serving cell and the second serving cell are the same.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network comprises a public land mobile network (PLMN) and the second network comprises a standalone non-public network (SNPN).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network comprises a standalone non-public network (SNPN) and the second network comprises a public land mobile network (PLMN).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first serving cell comprises a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) and the higher layer comprises a serving Radio Access Network (RAN) of the UE.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is subscribed to the first network, but is not subscribed to the second network.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is registered to the first network and has selected the second network.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is neither registered to the second network nor has selected the second network.

10. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions for receiving a public warning system (PWS) message; and

at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

receive, via a first serving cell or a higher layer of the UE, a configuration for warning message reception that is associated with a first network;

receive, by a lower layer of the UE, the PWS message from a second network that is supported by a second serving cell; and

determine, based on the received configuration, whether to pass the PWS message to the higher layer of the UE or to ignore the PWS message and not passing the PWS message to the higher layer.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the first network comprises a first standalone non-public network (SNPN) and the second network comprises a second SNPN.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the first serving cell and the second serving cell are the same.

13. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the first network comprises a public land mobile network (PLMN) and the second network comprises a standalone non-public network (SNPN).

14. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the first network comprises a standalone non-public network (SNPN) and the second network comprises a public land mobile network (PLMN).

15. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the first serving cell comprises a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) and the higher layer comprises a serving Radio Access Network (RAN) of the UE.

16. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the UE is subscribed to the first network, but is not subscribed to the second network.

17. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the UE is registered to the first network and has selected the second network.

18. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the UE is neither registered to the second network nor has selected the second network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069028/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2022
From: TSENG, YUNG-LAN; SHIH, MEI-JU; CHEN, HUNG-CHEN
To: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059801/0672 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63186763 · May 10, 2021
Provisional Application 63184022 · May 4, 2021
Related Publication 20220360962A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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