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US 12,207,122 · App. 17/767,289 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Apparatus and method for analyzing network data related to terminal in roaming state in wireless communication system

Inventors: Jungshin Park (Suwon-si, KR); Yoonseon Han (Suwon-si, KR); Sangsoo Jeong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 12,207,122
App. No.
17/767,289
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure is to analyze N network data on a UE which is in a roaming state in a wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, a method for operating an apparatus for a network data analytics function (NWDAF) belonging to a first network in a core network of a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: transmitting a first message requesting network data for a terminal to a core network device belonging to a second network; receiving a second message including the network data from the core network device; and transmitting a third message including an analytics result of the network data to a consumer network function (NF).

Claims (25)

1. A method performed by a first network data analytics function (NWDAF) node belonging to a first network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a consumer network function (NF) node of the first network, a first message including a roaming status indicator of a user equipment (UE), wherein the roaming status indicator indicates whether the UE is in a roaming state;

transmitting, to the consumer NF node of the first network, a second message in response to the first message in case that a roaming status of the UE is identified based on the first message;

transmitting, to a second NWDAF node belonging to a second network, a third message requesting second network data of a second network for the UE;

receiving, from the second NWDAF node, the second network data of the second network; and

transmitting, to the consumer NF node, an analysis result generated based on first network data of the first network and the second network data of the second network.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, from a network repository function (NRF) node, information indicating that the UE is in the roaming state.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining information on the second NWDAF node of the second network from a network repository function (NRF) node.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining information on the consumer NF node to which network data is to be provided in the second network, from the consumer NF node of the first network.

5. A first network data analytics function (NWDAF) node belonging to a first network in a wireless communication system, the first NWDAF node comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a consumer network function (NF) node of the first network, a first message including a roaming status indicator of a user equipment (UE), wherein the roaming status indicator indicates whether the UE is in a roaming state,

transmit, to the consumer NF node of the first network, a second message in response to the first message in case that a roaming status of the UE is identified based on the first message,

transmit, to a second NWDAF node belonging a second network, a third message requesting second network data for a second network for the UE;

receive, from the second NWDAF node, the second network data of the second network; and

transmit, to the consumer NF node, an analysis result generated based on first network data of the first network and the second network data of the second network.

6. The NWDAF node of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain, from a network repository function (NRF) node, information indicating that the UE is in a roaming state.

7. The NWDAF node of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain information on the second NWDAF node of the second network from a network repository function (NRF) node.

8. The NWDAF node of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain information on the consumer NF node to which network data is to be provided in the second network, from the consumer NF node of the first network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: PARK, JUNGSHIN; HAN, YOONSEON; JEONG, SANGSOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059533/0965 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0126249 · Oct 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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