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US 12,279,322 · App. 17/766,672 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Method and apparatus for providing service in wireless communication system

Inventors: Sangsoo Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Dongeun Suh (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/15H04W48/18H04W60/04H04W88/10
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Patent No.
US 12,279,322
App. No.
17/766,672
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving a network registration request message from a terminal, determining whether or not the terminal requires support for multiple-radio network access, in case that the terminal requires support for the multiple-radio network access, requesting a network repository function (NRF) for information about an AMF supporting the multiple-radio network access, receiving, from the NRF, information about at least one AMF supporting the multiple-radio network access, and determining an AMF to perform a network registration procedure for the terminal, on the basis of the information about the at least one AMF.

Claims (37)

1. A method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a network registration request message from a terminal;

determining whether the terminal requires support for access traffic steering, switching, splitting (ATSSS);

in case that the terminal requires support for the ATSSS, requesting information about an AMF device supporting the ATSSS from a network repository function (NRF) device;

receiving, from the NRF device, information about at least one candidate AMF device supporting the ATSSS;

selecting an AMF device to perform a network registration procedure for the terminal, based on the information about the at least one candidate AMF device; and

transmitting a re-route request message including information about the selected AMF device to a base station.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the network registration request message comprises information about whether the terminal is allowed for the ATSSS, and

wherein the determining of whether the terminal requires support for the ATSSS comprises determining that the terminal requires support for the ATSSS in case that the terminal is allowed for the ATSSS.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of whether the terminal requires the support for the ATSSS comprises determining whether the terminal requires support for the ATSSS based on subscription information of the terminal received from a user data management (UDM) device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of whether the terminal requires support for the ATSSS comprises determining whether the terminal requires support for the ATSSS based on policy information related to the terminal received from a policy control function (PCF) device.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the requesting of the information about an AMF device supporting the ATSSS from the NRF device comprises requesting the information about an AMF device supporting the ATSSS from the NRF device through a network function (NF) discovery request, and

wherein the receiving, from the NRF device, of the information about the at least one candidate AMF device supporting the ATSSS comprises receiving, from the NRF device, a response to the NF discovery request including the information about the at least one candidate AMF device supporting the ATSSS.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the network registration request message is a non-access stratum (NAS) message received from the terminal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein support for the ATSSS comprises support for a multiple-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session using a 3GPP network and a non-3GPP network.

8. An access and mobility management function (AMF) device in a wireless communication system, the AMF device comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive a network registration request message from a terminal,

determine whether the terminal requires support for access traffic steering, switching, splitting (ATSSS),

in case that the terminal requires support for the ATSSS, request information about an AMF device supporting the ATSSS from a network repository function (NRF) device,

receive, from the NRF device, information about at least one candidate AMF device supporting the ATSSS,

select an AMF device to perform a network registration procedure for the terminal, based on the information about the at least one candidate AMF device, and

transmit a re-route request message including information about the selected AMF device to a base station.

9. The AMF device of claim 8 ,

wherein the network registration request message comprises information about whether the terminal is allowed for the ATSSS, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine that the terminal requires support for the ATSSS in case that the terminal is allowed for the ATSSS.

10. The AMF device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine whether the terminal requires support for the ATSSS based on subscription information of the terminal received from a user data management (UDM) device.

11. The AMF device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine whether the terminal requires support for the ATSSS based on policy information related to the terminal received from a policy control function (PCF) device.

12. The AMF device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

request information about an AMF device supporting the ATSSS from the NRF device through a network function (NF) discovery request; and

receive, from the NRF device, a response to the NF discovery request including the information about the at least one candidate AMF device supporting the ATSSS.

13. The AMF device of claim 8 , wherein the network registration request message is a non-access stratum (NAS) message received from the terminal.

14. The AMF device of claim 8 , wherein support for the ATSSS comprises support for a multiple-access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session using a 3GPP network and a non-3GPP network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: JEONG, SANGSOO; SUH, DONGEUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059507/0351 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0142013 · Nov 7, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0019238 · Feb 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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