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US 12,250,598 · App. 17/424,041 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Method for supporting access to closed network, UE, base station and readable storage medium

Inventors: Hong Wang (Beijing, CN); Lixiang Xu (Beijing, CN); Weiwei Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0038H04W36/0011H04W48/02H04W48/16H04W76/19H04W36/087H04W84/105
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Patent No.
US 12,250,598
App. No.
17/424,041
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for supporting non-public network (NPN), by a first central unit (CU) of a first base station, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a first distributed unit (DU) of the first base station, an F1 setup request comprising at least one of a first closed access network (CAG) identifier list or a first network identifier (NID) list, transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), an NG setup request comprising at least one of the first CAG identifier list or the first NID list, receiving, from the AMF, an NG setup response, and transmitting, to the first DU, an F1 setup response.

Claims (28)

1. A method for supporting a non-public network (NPN), by a base station, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), an initial user equipment (UE) message comprising a closed access group (CAG) identifier list supported by a cell accessed by a UE;

receiving, from the AMF, an initial context setup request message comprising access allowance information for CAG cells, wherein the access allowance information of the initial context setup request message comprises an allowed CAG list of the UE and information indicating whether the UE is allowed to access non-CAG cells;

transmitting, to a secondary base station, a secondary base station establishment request message comprising the allowed CAG list of the UE and the information indicating whether the UE is allowed to access non-CAG cells;

determining a target cell based on the access allowance information;

transmitting a handover request message comprising the information indicating whether the UE is allowed to access non-CAG cells to a target base station; and

receiving a handover request response message comprising a handover command message from the target base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the target cell being a CAG cell and a CAG identifier supported by the target cell not being in the allowed CAG list, determining not to handover the UE to the target cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the target cell being a non-CAG cell and the UE being only allowed to access CAG cells, determining not to handover the UE to the target cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the handover command message to the UE.

5. A base station supporting a non-public network (NPN) in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to:

transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), an initial user equipment (UE) message comprising a closed access group (CAG) identifier list supported by a cell accessed by a UE,

receive, from the AMF, an initial context setup request message comprising access allowance information for CAG cells, wherein the access allowance information of the initial context setup request message comprises an allowed CAG list of the UE and information indicating whether the UE is allowed to access non-CAG cells,

transmit, to a secondary base station, a secondary base station establishment request message comprising the allowed CAG list of the UE and the information indicating whether the UE is allowed to access non-CAG cells,

determine a target cell based on the access allowance information,

transmit a handover request message comprising the information indicating whether the UE is allowed to access non-CAG cells to a target base station, and

receive a handover request response message comprising a handover command message from the target base station.

6. The base station of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

based on the target cell being a CAG cell and a CAG identifier supported by the target cell not being in the allowed CAG list, determine not to handover the UE to the target cell.

7. The base station of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

based on the target cell being a non-CAG cell and the UE being only allowed to access CAG cells, determine not to handover the UE to the target cell.

8. The base station of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit the handover command message to the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2021
From: WANG, HONG; XU, LIXIANG; WANG, WEIWEI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056902/0944 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910253354.X · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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