IP Library Granted Patent US 11,910,348
Granted Patent B2
US 11,910,348 · App. 17/423,306 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Register method in cell and terminal device

Inventors: Ding Wang (Xi'an, CN); Xiaoyan Duan (Shenzhen, CN); Liwei Cui (Xi'an, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W60/04H04W48/18H04W60/06H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 11,910,348
App. No.
17/423,306
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A registration method applied in a terminal device includes sending a first request, where the first request is used to request to register in a first cell, receiving a first message, where the first message is used to indicate that the terminal device is successfully registered in the first cell, when the first message does not carry a first network slice identifier and the terminal device cannot establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session on a first network slice corresponding to the first network slice identifier, sending a second request, where the second request is used to request to register in a second cell, receiving a second message, where the second message carries a second network slice identifier, and establishing the PDU session on a second network slice corresponding to the second network slice identifier.

Claims (33)

1. A registration method implemented by a terminal device, comprising:

sending a first request requesting to register in a first cell;

receiving, in response to the first request, a first message indicating that the terminal device is successfully registered in the first cell;

sending, in response to the first message, a second request requesting to register in a second cell when the first message does not carry a first network slice identifier or when the first message carries the first network slice identifier and the terminal device cannot establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session on a first network slice corresponding to the first network slice identifier, wherein the second cell is different from the first cell;

receiving, in response to the second request, a second message carrying a second network slice identifier; and

establishing, in response to the second message, the PDU session on a second network slice corresponding to the second network slice identifier.

2. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein before sending the second request, the registration method further comprises selecting the second cell from a first tracking area comprising the first cell.

3. The registration method of claim 2 , further comprising marking the first cell as a barred cell.

4. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein before sending the second request, the registration method further comprises selecting the second cell from a second tracking area, and wherein the second tracking area is different from a first tracking area comprising the first cell.

5. The registration method of claim 4 , further comprising marking the first tracking area as a forbidden tracking area.

6. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein before sending the second request, the registration method further comprises selecting the second cell from a second registration area, and wherein the second registration area is different from a first registration area comprising the first cell.

7. The registration method of claim 6 , further comprising marking the first registration area as a forbidden registration area.

8. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein before sending the second request, the registration method further comprises selecting the second cell from a second public land mobile network (PLMN), and wherein the second PLMN is different from a first PLMN comprising the first cell.

9. The registration method of claim 8 , further comprising marking the first PLMN as a forbidden PLMN.

10. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein before sending the second request, the registration method further comprises deregistering in the first cell.

11. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein a registration type corresponding to the first message is non-emergency registration, and wherein either the first message does not carry allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) or the first message carries the allowed NSSAI and a length of the allowed NSSAI is zero.

12. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein a registration type corresponding to the first message is non-emergency registration, wherein the first message does not carry configured network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI), wherein a service type of allowed NSSAI that is carried in the first message is different from a target service type, and wherein the first network slice identifier is comprised in the allowed NSSAI.

13. The registration method of claim 1 , wherein a registration type corresponding to the first message is non-emergency registration, wherein a first service type of allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) and a second service type of configured NS SAI carried in the first message are different from a target service type, and wherein the first network slice identifier is comprised in the allowed NSSAI, in the configured NSSAI, or in the allowed NSSAI and the configured NSSAI.

14. A terminal device, comprising

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the terminal device to be configured to:

receive a first message from a first cell, wherein the first message indicates that the terminal device is successfully registered in the first cell; and

send, in response to the first message, a second request requesting to register in a second cell when the first message does not carry a first network slice identifier or when the first message carries the first network slice identifier and the terminal device cannot establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session on a first network slice corresponding to the first network slice identifier, wherein the second cell is different from the first cell.

15. The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the terminal device to be configured to:

receive a second message carrying a second network slice identifier; and

establish, in response to the second message, the PDU session on a second network slice corresponding to the second network slice identifier.

16. The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein before the terminal device sends the second request, the instructions further cause the terminal device to be configured to select the second cell from a first tracking area, and wherein the first tracking area comprises the first cell.

17. The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein before the terminal device sends the second request, the instructions further cause the terminal device to be configured to select the second cell from a second tracking area, and wherein the second tracking area is different from a first tracking area comprising the first cell.

18. The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein before the terminal device sends the second request, the instructions further cause the terminal device to be configured to select the second cell from a second registration area, and wherein the second registration area is different from a first registration area comprising the first cell.

19. The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein before the terminal device sends the second request, the instructions further cause the terminal device to select the second cell from a second public land mobile network (PLMN) and wherein the second PLMN is different from a first PLMN comprising the first cell.

20. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to:

receive a first message from a first cell, wherein the first message indicates that a terminal device is successfully registered in the first cell; and

send, in response to the first message, a second request requesting to register in a second cell when the first message does not carry a first network slice identifier or when the first message carries the first network slice identifier and the terminal device cannot establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session on a first network slice corresponding to the first network slice identifier, wherein the second cell is different from the first cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2023
From: WANG, DING; DUAN, XIAOYAN; CUI, LIWEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065307/0290 →
Continuity (1)
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