IP Library Granted Patent US 11,330,499
Granted Patent B2
US 11,330,499 · App. 16/637,732 · Granted May 10, 2022

Access control method and user equipment

Inventors: Sungduck Chun (Seoul, KR); Jaehyun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sangmin Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W48/02H04L69/322H04W48/14H04W76/10H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 11,330,499
App. No.
16/637,732
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wireless communication system of the present disclosure, when activation of a protocol data unit (PDU) session of a user equipment (UE) is needed, the UE performs an access control check to determine whether an access attempt for the PDU session is allowed. If the access attempt is allowed, the UE transmits a service request for the PDU session. The access control check for the PDU session is performed even if the UE is in a connected state.

Claims (44)

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

receiving, by the UE from a network, first information related to access control for each access category of a plurality of access categories;

performing, by the UE, an access control check to determine whether an access attempt for the PDU session is allowed, based on the first information and a request to activate a protocol data unit (PDU) session; and

transmitting, by the UE, to the network, a service request message for a UE-triggered service request procedure, based on the access attempt for the PDU session being allowed,

wherein the service request message includes second information related to the PDU session to be activated.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the determining whether the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed is performed by a radio access control (RRC) layer of the UE.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

providing, by a non-access stratum (NAS) of the UE, an access category of the PDU session to the RRC layer for determining whether the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

informing, by the RRC layer, a non-access stratum (NAS) layer of the UE that the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed, based on a determination that the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

not transmitting the service request message, based on a determination that the access attempt for the PDU session is barred.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the service request message is encapsulated in a radio access control (RRC) message to be transmitted.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the determining whether the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed is performed in a state in which the UE has at least one activated PDU session.

8. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the UE is in a connected state.

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

a transceiver,

a processor, and

a memory that is connectable to the processor and stores at least one program that, when executed, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the UE from a network, first information related to access control for each access category of a plurality of access categories;

performing, by the UE, an access control check to determine whether an access attempt for the PDU session is allowed, based on the first information and a request to activate a protocol data unit (PDU) session; and

transmitting, by the UE, to the network, a service request message for a UE-triggered service request procedure, based on the access attempt for the PDU session being allowed,

wherein the service request message includes second information related to the PDU session to be activated.

10. The UE of claim 9 ,

wherein the determining whether the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed is performed by a radio access control (RRC) layer of the UE.

11. The UE of claim 10 ,

wherein the operations further comprise:

providing, by a non-access stratum (NAS) of the UE, an access category of the PDU session to the RRC layer for determining whether the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed.

12. The UE of claim 10 ,

wherein the operations further comprise:

informing, by the RRC layer, a non-access stratum (NAS) layer of the UE that the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed, based on a determination that the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed.

13. The UE of claim 10 ,

wherein the operations further comprise:

not transmitting the service request message, based on a determination that the access attempt for the PDU session is barred.

14. The UE of claim 9 ,

wherein the processor encapsulates the service request message in a radio access control (RRC) message and controls the transceiver to transmit the RRC message.

15. The UE of claim 9 ,

wherein the determining whether the access attempt for the PDU session is allowed is performed in a state in which the UE has at least one activated PDU session.

16. The UE of claim 9 ,

wherein the UE is in a connected state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: CHUN, SUNGDUCK; KIM, JAEHYUN; PARK, SANGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 051817/0414 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62542336 · Aug 8, 2017
Related Publication 20200187088A1 · Jun 11, 2020
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