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Granted Patent B2
US 11,751,281 · App. 18/093,598 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Method for supporting service continuity when disaster situation ends, and device supporting same

Inventors: Sangmin Park (Seoul, KR); Sungduck Chun (Seoul, KR); Hyunsook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W76/50
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Patent No.
US 11,751,281
App. No.
18/093,598
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for supporting service continuity when a disaster situation ends, and a device supporting same. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a disaster roaming PLMN, a configuration update command message including information indicating that a disaster condition of a home PLMN (HPLMN) has ended. The UE waits until a service that is being received from the disaster roaming PLMN ends, and performs, after the service that is being received from the disaster roaming PLMN ends, a procedure of deregistration from the disaster roaming PLMN on the basis of information indicating that the disaster condition of the HPLMN has ended.

Claims (36)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) adapted to operate in a wireless communication system, the method comprising;

determining that a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) is in a disaster condition;

based on the first PLMN being in the disaster condition, registering with a second PLMN and receiving a disaster roaming service from the second PLMN;

based on the disaster condition in the first PLMN being over, receiving a Configuration Update Command message including a configuration update indication Information Element (IE) with a registration request bit set to “registration requested” from an Access and mobility Management Function (AMF) of the second PLMN;

transmitting a Registration Request message to the AMF of the second PLMN;

receiving a Registration Reject message from the AMF of the second PLMN in response to the Registration Request message; and

selecting the first PLMN and performing a registration with the first PLMN.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting a Configuration Update Complete message in response to the Configuration Update Command message to the AMF of the second PLMN.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises including the second PLMN in a forbidden PLMN list.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises updating an internally set disaster situation being ended.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling connection release is not performed regardless of the registration requested bit set to “registration requested”.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE communicates with at least one of a mobile device, a network and/or an autonomous vehicle other than the UE.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Registration Reject message includes a Mobility Management (MM) cause value informing that the disaster roaming service cannot be provided in the second PLMN.

8. A user equipment (UE) adapted to operate in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

determining that a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) is in a disaster condition;

based on the first PLMN being in the disaster condition, registering with a second PLMN and receiving, via the at least one transceiver, a disaster roaming service from the second PLMN;

based on the disaster condition in the first PLMN being over, receiving, via the at least one transceiver, a Configuration Update Command message including a configuration update indication Information Element (IE) with a registration request bit set to “registration requested” from an Access and mobility Management Function (AMF) of the second PLMN;

transmitting, via the at least one transceiver, a Registration Request message to the AMF of the second PLMN;

receiving, via the at least one transceiver, a Registration Reject message from the AMF of the second PLMN in response to the Registration Request message; and

selecting the first PLMN and performing a registration with the first PLMN.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a Configuration Update Complete message in response to the Configuration Update Command message to the AMF of the second PLMN.

10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise including the second PLMN in a forbidden PLMN list.

11. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise updating an internally set disaster situation being ended.

12. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the Registration Reject message includes a Mobility Management (MM) cause value informing that the disaster roaming service cannot be provided in the second PLMN.

13. An Access and mobility Management Function (AMF) of a second Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) adapted to operate in a wireless communication system, the AMF comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

performing a registration with a User Equipment (UE) for disaster roaming;

providing a disaster roaming service to the UE;

determining that a disaster condition in a first PLMN is over;

based on the disaster condition in the first PLMN being over, transmitting a Configuration Update Command message including a configuration update indication Information Element (IE) with a registration request bit set to “registration requested” to the UE;

receiving a Registration Request message from the UE; and

transmitting a Registration Reject message to the UE in response to the Registration Request message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2023
From: PARK, SANGMIN; CHUN, SUNGDUCK; KIM, HYUNSOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 063221/0961 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0086314 · Jul 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
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