IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,445,938
Granted Patent B2
US 12,445,938 · App. 18/376,511 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Location reporting handling

Inventors: Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA); Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Ofinno LLC
H04W48/08H04W64/003
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Patent No.
US 12,445,938
App. No.
18/376,511
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first base station receives a first request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device. The first base station sends, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

Claims (84)

1. A first base station of a radio access network comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first base station to:

receive, from an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a core network, a first request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device; and

send, to the AMF in response to the change of the CAG area, a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

2. The first base station of claim 1 , wherein the first request comprises at least one of:

a user equipment identity;

an event type;

an area of interest; or

a location reporting identity.

3. The first base station of claim 2 , wherein the area of interest comprises at least one of:

a list of tracking area identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of cell identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of base station identities;

a CAG identity;

any CAG; or

allowed CAG identities of the wireless device.

4. The first base station of claim 1 , wherein the location report message is based on at least one of:

a first movement of the wireless device from a first CAG area to a second CAG area;

a second movement of the wireless device from a CAG area to a non-CAG area;

a cell information;

a change of an area of interest; or

a presence status.

5. The first base station of claim 1 , wherein the location report message comprises a presence status of:

in;

out; or

unknown.

6. The first base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the first base station to receive, from a second base station, a location reporting information indicating the change of the CAG area, wherein the location reporting information is received from the second base station in a handover request message.

7. The first base station of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the first base station, a second request to cancel the first request.

8. The first base station of claim 7 , wherein the second request is received based on an expiration of a CAG membership of the wireless device.

9. An access and mobility management function (AMF) of a core network comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the AMF to:

send, to a first base station of a radio access network, a first request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device; and

receive, from the first base station in response to the change of the CAG area, a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

10. The AMF of claim 9 , wherein the first request comprises at least one of:

a user equipment identity;

an event type;

an area of interest; or

a location reporting identity.

11. The AMF of claim 10 , wherein the area of interest comprises at least one of:

a list of tracking area identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of cell identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of base station identities;

a CAG identity;

any CAG; or

allowed CAG identities of the wireless device.

12. The AMF of claim 9 , wherein the location report message is based on at least one of:

a first movement of the wireless device from a first CAG area to a second CAG area;

a second movement of the wireless device from a CAG area to a non-CAG area;

a cell information;

a change of an area of interest; or

a presence status.

13. The AMF of claim 9 , wherein the location report message comprises a presence status of:

in;

out; or

unknown.

14. The AMF of claim 9 , wherein the location report message comprises a cell information.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first base station of a radio access network, cause the first base station to:

receive, from an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a core network, a first request to notify a change of a closed access group (CAG) area of a wireless device; and

send, to the AMF in response to the change of the CAG area, a location report message indicating the change of the CAG area of the wireless device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first request comprises at least one of:

a user equipment identity;

an event type;

an area of interest; or

a location reporting identity.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the area of interest comprises at least one of:

a list of tracking area identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of cell identities;

an area of interest representing as a list of base station identities;

a CAG identity;

any CAG; or

allowed CAG identities of the wireless device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the location report message is based on at least one of:

a first movement of the wireless device from a first CAG area to a second CAG area;

a second movement of the wireless device from a CAG area to a non-CAG area;

a cell information;

a change of an area of interest; or

a presence status.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the location report message comprises a presence status of:

in;

out; or

unknown.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from a second base station, a location reporting information indicating the change of the CAG area, wherein the location reporting information is received from the second base station in a handover request message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2023
From: RYU, JINSOOK; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; TALEBI FARD, PEYMAN; QIAO, WEIHUA; BHARATIA, JAYSHREE A
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 065265/0877 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17539396 · Dec 1, 2021
Continuation 16837377 · Apr 1, 2020
Provisional Application 62827771 · Apr 1, 2019
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