Granted Patent B2

US 12,587,906 · App. 18/304,112 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Inventor: Mahmoud Watfa (Staines, GB)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04W28/24H04W12/033H04W12/10H04W28/0268

Abstract

Claims (67)

1 . A method performed by a network entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information associated with one or more quality of service (QOS) rules,

wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS rules indicates a rule operation corresponding to a QoS rule and whether the QoS rule is a default QOS rule, and

wherein in case that the UE is in a narrow band (NB)-N1 mode, the rule operation is different from deleting an existing QoS rule and the QoS rule is not the default QoS rule, the QoS rule is detected as an error; and

receiving, from the UE, a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request message to delete the QoS rule.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS rules is transferred via a PDU session modification command.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS rules is transferred via a PDU session establishment accept message.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the rule operation indicates to create new QoS rule.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS rules includes a default QOS Rule indicator (DQR) bit indicating whether the QoS rule is the default QoS rule.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDU session modification request message comprises information associated with a sematic error in a QoS operation.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the information associated with the sematic error is associated with a 5G session management (5GSM) cause #83.

8 . A network entity in a wireless communication system, the network entity comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, information associated with one or more quality of service (QOS) rules,

wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS rules indicates a rule operation corresponding to a QoS rule and whether the QoS rule is a default QOS rule, and

wherein in case that the UE is in a narrow band (NB)-N1 mode, the rule operation is different from deleting an existing QoS rule and the QoS rule is not the default QoS rule, the QOS rule is detected as an error; and

receive, from the UE via the transceiver, a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request message to delete the QOS rule.

9 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a network entity via the transceiver, information associated with one or more quality of service (QOS) rules;

check the information associated with the one or more QoS rules, for a QoS rule that is not a default QOS rule and for the QoS rule with a rule operation different from deleting an existing QoS rule;

in case that the UE is in a narrow band (NB)-N1 mode, the QoS rule is not the default QoS rule and the rule operation is different from deleting the existing QoS rule, detect the QoS rule as an error; and

transmit, to the network entity via the transceiver, a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request message to delete the QOS rule.

10 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network entity, information associated with one or more quality of service (QOS) flow descriptions;

checking the information associated with the one or more QoS flow descriptions, for a QoS flow description associated with a non-default QoS rule and for the QoS flow description with a flow description operation different from deleting the QoS flow description;

in case that the UE is in a narrow band (NB)-N1 mode, a QoS flow ID (QFI) of the QoS flow description is associated with the non-default QoS rule and the flow description operation is different from deleting the QoS flow description, detecting the QoS flow description as an error; and

transmitting, to the network entity, a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request message to delete the detected QoS flow description.

11 . A method performed by a network entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information associated with one or more quality of service (QOS) flow descriptions,

wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS flow descriptions indicates a flow description operation corresponding to a QoS flow description and a QoS flow ID (QFI) of the QoS flow description, and

wherein in case that the UE is in a narrow band (NB)-N1 mode, the flow description operation is different from deleting an existing QoS flow description and the QFI is not the same as a QFI of a default QoS rule, the QoS flow description is detected as an error; and

receiving, from the UE, a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request message to delete the QoS flow description.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS flow descriptions is transferred via a PDU session establishment accept message, and

wherein a request type of a PDU session associated with the PDU session establishment accept message is set to an initial request.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the flow description operation indicates to create new QoS flow description.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the PDU session modification request message comprises information associated with a sematic error in a QoS operation.

15 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a network entity via the transceiver, information associated with one or more quality of service (QOS) flow descriptions;

check the information associated with the one or more QoS flow descriptions, for a QoS flow description associated with a non-default QoS rule and for the QoS flow description with a flow description operation different from deleting the QoS flow description;

in case that the UE is in a narrow band (NB)-N1 mode, a QoS flow ID (QFI) of the QoS flow description is associated with the non-default QoS rule and the flow description operation is different from deleting the QoS flow description, detect the QoS flow description as an error; and

transmit, to the network entity via the transceiver, a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request message to delete the detected QoS flow description.

16 . A network entity in a wireless communication system, the network entity comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, information associated with one or more quality of service (QOS) flow descriptions,

wherein the information associated with the one or more QoS flow descriptions indicates a flow description operation corresponding to a QoS flow description and a QoS flow ID (QFI) of the QoS flow description, and

wherein in case that the UE is in a narrow band (NB)-N1 mode, the flow description operation is different from deleting an existing QoS flow description and the QFI is not the same as a QFI of a default QoS rule, the QoS flow description is detected as an error; and

receive, from the UE via the transceiver, a protocol data unit (PDU) session modification request message to delete the QoS flow description.

17 . A method performed by a network entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), information associated with an integrity protection maximum data rate information element,

wherein in case that N3 data transfer is not supported by the UE, the integrity protection maximum data rate information element includes one or more values indicating that the N3 data transfer is not supported by the UE.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the one or more values indicate that user-plane integrity protection for a downlink is not supported by the UE.

19 . A network entity in a wireless communication system, the network entity comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE) via the transceiver, information associated with an integrity protection maximum data rate information element,

wherein in case that N3 data transfer is not supported by the UE, the integrity protection maximum data rate information element includes one or more values indicating that the N3 data transfer is not supported by the UE.

20 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

in case that N3 data transfer is not supported by the UE, identify one or more values of an integrity protection maximum data rate information element as one or more values indicating that the N3 data transfer is not supported by the UE; and

transmitting, to a network entity, information associated with the integrity protection maximum data rate information element.

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