IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,069
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,069 · App. 17/921,442 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Network search method for SA 5G service auto-provisioning and related apparatus

Inventors: Zhenrong Wei (Shenzhen, CN); Hao Song (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W60/00
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Patent No.
US 12,414,069
App. No.
17/921,442
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A network search method for standalone (SA) fifth generation (5G) service auto-provisioning includes a user equipment sending a registration request to a network side device to request to register the user equipment with a 5G network. A networking mode of the 5G network is SA networking. The user equipment receives a registration reject response from the network side device when no available 5G subscription data of the user equipment is obtained through query, where the registration reject response notifies the user equipment that the registration with the 5G network fails. The user equipment receives a notification short message from the network side device after the network side device provisions a 5G service for the user equipment; and the user equipment sends the registration request to the network side device again in response to the notification short message.

Claims (46)

1. A network search method for standalone (SA) fifth generation (5G) service auto-provisioning implemented by a user equipment, wherein the network search method comprises:

sending, to a network side device, a registration request requesting to register the user equipment with a 5G network, wherein a networking mode of the 5G network is SA networking;

receiving, from the network side device, a registration reject response when no available 5G subscription data corresponding to the user equipment is obtained through a query, wherein the registration reject response notifies the user equipment that a registration with the 5G network has failed;

receiving, from the network side device after the network side device provisions a 5G service for the user equipment, a notification short message notifying the user equipment that the 5G service is successfully provisioned; and

resending, in response to the notification short message and to the network side device, the registration request.

2. The network search method of claim 1 , further comprising further sending, to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

3. The network search method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying that the user equipment has no network service in a New Radio (NR) cell; and

further sending, in response to identifying that the user equipment has no network service in the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

4. The network search method of claim 1 , further comprising:

leaving a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) cell; and

entering a New Radio (NR) cell; and

further sending, in response to leaving the LTE cell and entering the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

5. The network search method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying that the user equipment is powered on in a New Radio (NR) cell; and

further sending, in response to identifying that the user equipment is powered on in the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

6. The network search method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying that an airplane mode of the user equipment is disabled in a New Radio (NR) cell; and

further sending, in response to identifying that the airplane mode of the user equipment is disabled in the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

7. The network search method of claim 1 , wherein the user equipment supports the 5G network.

8. The network search method of claim 1 , wherein after resending the registration request to the network side device, the network search method further comprises receiving, a from the network side device after the available 5G subscription data is obtained through the query, a registration accept response notifying the user equipment that the registration with the 5G network has succeeded.

9. The network search method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting that the notification short message comprises a preset keyword; and

further resending, in response to detecting that the notification short message comprises the preset keyword and to the network side device, the registration request.

10. A user equipment comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the user equipment to:

send, to a network side device, a registration request requesting to register the user equipment with a fifth generation (5G) network, wherein a networking mode of the 5G network is standalone (SA) networking;

receive, from the network side device when no available 5G subscription data corresponding to the user equipment is obtained through a query, a registration reject response notifying the user equipment that a registration with the 5G network has failed;

receive, from the network side device after the network side device provisions a 5G service for the user equipment, a notification short message notifying the user equipment that the 5G service is successfully provisioned; and

resend, to the network side device in response to the notification short message, the registration request.

11. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the user equipment to further send the registration request to the network side device for a first time.

12. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the user equipment to:

identify that the user equipment has no network service in a New Radio (NR) cell; and

further send, in response to identifying that the user equipment has no network service in the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

13. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the user equipment to:

leave a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) cell and enter a New Radio (NR) cell; and

further send, in response to leaving the LTE cell and entering the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

14. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the user equipment to:

identify that the user equipment is powered on in a New Radio (NR) cell; and,

further send, in response to identifying that the user equipment is powered on in the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

15. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the user equipment to:

identify that an airplane mode of the user equipment is disabled in a New Radio (NR) cell; and

further send, in response to identifying that the airplane mode of the user equipment is disabled in the NR cell and to the network side device for a first time, the registration request.

16. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein the user equipment supports the 5G network.

17. The user equipment of claim 10 , wherein after resending the registration request to the network side device, the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to cause the user equipment to receive, from the network side device after the available 5G subscription data is obtained through the query, a registration accept response notifying the user equipment that the registration with the 5G network has succeeded.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2025
From: WEI, ZHENRONG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071360/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2025
From: BEIJING HUAWEI DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071514/0756 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 9, 2025
From: SONG, HAO
To: BEIJING HUAWEI DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071514/0914 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010339740.3 · Apr 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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