Granted Patent B2

US 12,218,985 · App. 17/753,378 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Inventors: Myungjune Youn (Seoul, KR); Sehee Lee (Seoul, KR); Sungduck Chun (Seoul, KR); Hyunsook Kim (Seoul, KR); Laeyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Sangmin Park (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

H04L65/1016H04L65/1069H04W36/00226H04W36/322H04W36/00695H04W36/144

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. A method of a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) for an Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) voice service, the method comprising:

receiving a Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) message including a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request for establishment of a PDU session for an IMS voice service via a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access from a User Equipment (UE),

wherein the PDU session establishment request indicates an existing PDU session, based on a handover from a non-3GPP access to the 3GPP access for the UE,

wherein the UE had the existing PDU session for the IMS voice service via the non-3GPP access before the handover;

transmitting the NAS message including the PDU session establishment request to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);

receiving a PDU session resource setup request for the PDU session for the IMS voice service from the AMF;

determining to trigger an Evolved Packet System (EPS) Fallback, or a radio access technology (RAT) Fallback, for the IMS voice session based on the NG-RAN not supporting the IMS voice service; and

transmitting a rejection of the establishment of the PDU session to the AMF, based on the determination to trigger the EPS Fallback or the RAT Fallback.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

ignoring the PDU session establishment request and not transmitting a response to the PDU session establishment request to the UE.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, a response to the PDU session establishment request so as to perform a handover of the UE to an EPS after the EPS fallback or the RAT Fallback.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing the handover from the non-3GPP access to the 3GPP access for the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the rejection of the establishment of the PDU session is performed during a procedure for the establishment of the PDU session.

6. A Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) device comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory for storing instructions and electrically connected to the at least one processor,

wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a NAS (Non-Access-Stratum) message including a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request for establishment of a PDU session for an Internet protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) voice service via a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access from a User Equipment (UE),

wherein the PDU session establishment request indicates an existing PDU session, based on a handover from a non-3GPP access to the 3GPP access for the UE,

wherein the UE had the existing PDU session for the IMS voice service via the non-3GPP access before the handover;

transmitting the NAS message including the PDU session establishment request to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);

receiving a PDU session resource setup request for the PDU session for the IMS voice service from the AMF;

determining to trigger an Evolved Packet System (EPS) Fallback, or a radio access technology (RAT) Fallback, for the IMS voice session based on the NG-RAN not supporting the IMS voice service; and

transmitting a rejection of the establishment of the PDU session to the AMF, based on the determination to trigger the EPS Fallback or the RAT Fallback.

7. The NG-RAN of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise ignoring the PDU establishment request and not transmitting a response to the PDU session establishment request to the UE.

8. The NG-RAN of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, to the UE, a response to the PDU session establishment request so as to perform a handover of the UE to an EPS after the EPS fallback or the RAT Fallback.

9. The NG-RAN of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise performing the handover from the non-3GPP access to the 3GPP access for the UE.

10. The NG-RAN of claim 6 , wherein the transmitting the rejection of the establishment of the PDU session is performed during procedure for the establishment of the PDU session.

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