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Granted Patent B2
US 12,022,418 · App. 16/949,499 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Establishing a multiple access connection

Inventors: Yifan Zhu (San Jose, CA); Cahya A Masputra (San Jose, CA); Krisztian Kiss (Hayward, CA); Lakshmi N. Kavuri (Cupertino, CA); Srinivasan Nimmala (San Jose, CA); Srirang A. Lovlekar (Cupertino, CA); Utkarsh Kumar (Fremont, CA); Vijay Venkataraman (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W60/005H04L69/322H04W8/08H04W76/12
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Patent No.
US 12,022,418
App. No.
16/949,499
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) may be configured to reattempt to establish a multiple access (MA) protocol data unit (PDU) session when the UE moves to a new registration area. The UE transmits a request for a MA PDU session to the network, receives a message from the network indicating the request has been rejected, wherein the message further includes a status indication for reattempt requests to establish the MA PDU session, determines, when the UE moves into a new registration area of a PLMN, whether reattempt requests are allowed based on, at least, the status indication and transmits, when reattempt requests are allowed, a further request to establish the MA PDU session.

Claims (32)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a network; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:

performing a registration procedure with an access and mobility management function (AMF);

receiving, during the registration procedure, an indication that access traffic steering, switching and splitting (ATSSS) is not supported in a registration area from the AMF;

determining a trigger condition for a request for addition of user plane resources for an existing multiple access (MA) packet data unit (PDU) session is satisfied; and

when the indication that ATSSS in not supported is received and the trigger condition is satisfied, omitting transmitting the request for the addition of user plane resources for the existing MA PDU session to a network when the UE is deployed within the registration area based on the indication, despite the trigger condition being satisfied.

2. The UE of claim 1 , further comprising determining a second trigger condition for a request for establishment of a new MA PDU session is satisfied; and omitting transmitting a request for establishment of a new MA PDU session.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication further includes information indicating that ATSSS is not supported in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and the operations further comprise:

initiating PLMN reselection based on the indication.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting, during a registration procedure with the network a second indication that the UE supports ATSSS.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the registration procedure is one of an attach procedure, an initial registration procedure, or a mobility registration update procedure.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the omitted request further comprises

a request for establishment of a PDU session via a MA PDU Network-Upgrade Allowed indication.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the omitted request further comprises a request for a PDU session modification with a request type of MA PDU request.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the omitted request further comprises a request for a PDU session modification with a request type of MA PDU Network-Upgrade Allowed indication.

9. A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising:

performing a registration procedure with an access and mobility management function (AMF);

receiving, during the registration procedure, an indication that access traffic steering, switching and splitting (ATSSS) is not supported in a registration area from the AMF;

determining a trigger condition for a request for addition of user plane resources for an existing multiple access (MA) packet data unit (PDU) session is satisfied; and

when the indication that ATSSS is not supported is received and the trigger condition is satisfied, omitting transmitting the request for the addition of user plane resources for the existing MA PDU session to a network when the UE is deployed within the registration area based on the indication, the trigger condition being satisfied.

10. The processor of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a second trigger condition for a request for establishment of a new MA PDU session is satisfied; and omitting transmitting a request for establishment of a new multiple access (MA) packet data unit (PDU) session.

11. The processor of claim 9 , wherein the indication further includes information indicating that ATSSS is not supported in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and the operations further comprise:

initiating PLMN reselection based on the indication.

12. The processor of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting, during a registration procedure with the network a second indication that the UE supports ATSSS.

13. The processor of claim 12 , wherein the registration procedure is one of an attach procedure, an initial registration procedure, or a mobility registration update procedure.

14. The processor of claim 9 , wherein the omitted request further comprises

a request for establishment of a PDU session via a MA PDU Network-Upgrade Allowed indication.

15. The processor of claim 9 , wherein the omitted request further comprises a request for a PDU session modification with a request type of MA PDU request.

16. The processor of claim 9 , wherein the omitted request further comprises a request for a PDU session modification with a request type of MA PDU Network-Upgrade Allowed indication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: ZHU, YIFAN; MASPUTRA, CAHYA A.; KISS, KRISZTIAN; KAVURI, LAKSHMI N.; NIMMALA, SRINIVASAN; LOVLEKAR, SRIRANG A.; KUMAR, UTKARSH; VENKATARAMAN, VIJAY
To: APPLE INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62981486 · Feb 25, 2020
Provisional Application 62929420 · Nov 1, 2019
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