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US 10,917,841 · App. 16/495,817 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Method for selecting serving MME of remote UE and transmitting NAS message in wireless communication system, and apparatus for said method

Inventors: Laeyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Taehun Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W48/18H04W8/08H04W8/20H04W60/00H04W76/11H04W76/25H04W88/04H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 10,917,841
App. No.
16/495,817
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for selecting a serving mobility management entity (MME) and transmitting a non-access stratum (NAS) message, the method according to one embodiment of the present invention, with respect to an eNB selecting a serving MME of a remote user equipment (UE) and transmitting an NAS message in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: the eNB receiving an attach request of the remote UE; the eNB selecting a serving MME of the remote UE; and the eNB transmitting the attach request to the selected MME, wherein, on the basis of one or more from among the identification data of a relay UE, data indicating that the attach request is transmitted by means of the relay UE, or data indicating that the selected PLMN data of the remote UE is not available, the eNB selects a PLMN of the relay UE as the PLMN of the remote UE.

Claims (20)

1. A method of selecting a serving Mobility Management Entity (MME) of a remote User Equipment (UE) and sending a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message by an eNB in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the eNB, an attach request of the remote UE;

selecting, by the eNB, the serving MME of the remote UE; and

sending, by the eNB, an attach request to the selected MME,

wherein the eNB selects a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) of a relay UE as a PLMN of the remote UE based on at least one of identifier information of the relay UE, information indicating that the attach request is sent via the relay UE and information indicating that there is no selected PLMN information of the remote UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attach request is forwarded to the eNB via the relay UE.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein if a serving PLMN of the remote UE is different from a serving PLMN of the relay UE, the attach request is sent by the remote UE.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the attach request sent to the relay UE by the remote UE includes identifier information of the remote UE.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the attach request includes the identifier information of the relay UE or the information indicating that the attach request is sent via the relay UE.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein if the remote UE does not perform an attach by being directly connected to a network previously, the attach request is sent by the remote UE.

7. An eNB device in selecting a serving Mobility Management Entity (MME) of a remote User Equipment (UE) and sending a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message in a wireless communication system, the eNB device comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to receive an attach request of the remote UE and select the serving MME of the remote UE,

wherein the eNB sends an attach request to the selected MME and

wherein the eNB selects a PLMN of a relay UE as a PLMN of the remote UE based on at least one of identifier information of the relay UE, information indicating that the attach request is sent via the relay UE and information indicating that there is no selected PLMN information of the remote UE.

8. The eNB device of claim 7 , wherein the attach request is forwarded to the eNB via the relay UE.

9. The eNB device of claim 8 , wherein if a serving PLMN of the remote UE is different from a serving PLMN of the relay UE, the attach request is sent by the remote UE.

10. The eNB device of claim 9 , wherein the attach request sent to the relay UE by the remote UE includes identifier information of the remote UE.

11. The eNB device of claim 9 , wherein the attach request includes the identifier information of the relay UE or the information indicating that the attach request is sent via the relay UE.

12. The eNB device of claim 8 , wherein if the remote UE does not perform an attach by being directly connected to a network previously, the attach request is sent by the remote UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: KIM, LAEYOUNG; KIM, TAEHUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 050438/0804 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62473486 · Mar 20, 2017
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