Granted Patent B1

US 12,376,064 · App. 19/090,940 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventor: Sang Geun Yu (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: Metapex Inc.

H04W60/04H04W48/18H04W60/06H04W76/30

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. An operation method of user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message or a CONFIGURATION UPDATE COMMAND message including on-demand Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and a slice deregistration inactivity timer,

wherein the on-demand NSSAI includes one or more on-demand single NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs); and

starting the slice deregistration inactivity timer for a first on-demand S-NSSAI, if a protocol data unit (PDU) session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI is released, if there is no established user plane resources of a multi-access (MA) PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI and if there is no PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI,

wherein for a PDU session which is released locally, when the UE receives PDU session status information for which a PDU session that was previously in active state is now indicated as being in inactive state and when there is no established PDU session including any MA PDU session, the slice deregistration inactivity timer is also started.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

releasing the PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

releasing the PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI using a session management (SM) signaling.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

locally releasing the PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

stopping and resetting the slice deregistration inactivity timer for a first on-demand S-NSSAI, when at least one PDU session, including any MA PDU session, associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI is successfully established.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

stopping and resetting the slice deregistration inactivity timer for a first on-demand S-NSSAI when the UE enters a DEREGISTERED state.

7. A user equipment (UE), the UE comprising:

at least one processor; and

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

receiving a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message or a CONFIGURATION UPDATE COMMAND message including on-demand Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and a slice deregistration inactivity timer,

wherein the on-demand NSSAI includes one or more on-demand single NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs); and

starting the slice deregistration inactivity timer for a first on-demand S-NSSAI, if a protocol data unit (PDU) session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI is released, if there is no established user plane resources of a multi-access (MA) PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI and if there is no PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI,

wherein for a PDU session which is released locally, when the UE receives PDU session status information for which a PDU session that was previously in active state is now indicated as being in inactive state and when there is no established PDU session including any MA PDU session, the slice deregistration inactivity timer is also started.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the operations may further comprise:

releasing the PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the operations may further comprise:

releasing the PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI using a session management (SM) signaling.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the operations may further comprise:

locally releasing the PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI.

11. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the operations may further comprise:

stopping and resetting the slice deregistration inactivity timer for a first on-demand S-NSSAI, when at least one PDU session, including any MA PDU session, associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI is successfully established.

12. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the operations may further comprise:

stopping and resetting the slice deregistration inactivity timer for a first on-demand S-NSSAI when the UE enters a DEREGISTERED state.

13. A semiconductor chipset equipped into a user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory capable of storing instructions and being connected electrically to the at least one processor operably,

wherein an operation, performed when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, includes:

receiving a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message or a CONFIGURATION UPDATE COMMAND message including on-demand Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and a slice deregistration inactivity timer,

wherein the on-demand NSSAI includes one or more on-demand single NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs); and

starting the slice deregistration inactivity timer for a first on-demand S-NSSAI, if a protocol data unit (PDU) session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI is released, if there is no established user plane resources of a multi-access (MA) PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI and if there is no PDU session associated with the first on-demand S-NSSAI,

wherein for a PDU session which is released locally, when the UE receives PDU session status information for which a PDU session that was previously in active state is now indicated as being in inactive state and when there is no established PDU session including any MA PDU session, the slice deregistration inactivity timer is also started.

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