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US 12,335,911 · App. 17/772,890 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Method and apparatus for transitioning between networks in a wireless communication system

Inventor: Sung Duck Chun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W68/005H04W68/00H04W76/10H04W76/30H04W36/00
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Patent No.
US 12,335,911
App. No.
17/772,890
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure may provide a method of operating a terminal operating based on a plurality of networks in a wireless communication system. Herein, the method of operating the terminal may include: establishing a connection to a first network; receiving a paging message from a second network; transmitting, to the first network, a message for indicating temporary suspension of data communication with the first network; and transitioning to the second network. Herein, the message for indicating the temporary suspension of data communication with the first network may include paging-related information of the first network, and when the terminal receives a paging message from the first network after transitioning to the second network, the terminal may determine whether or not to transition to the first network.

Claims (32)

1. A method performed by a terminal based on a plurality of networks in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

establishing a connection to a first network;

transmitting a message for requesting temporary suspension to the first network based on activity related to a second network, wherein the message indicates suspension of data communication with the first network and includes paging-related information of the first network;

transitioning to the second network; and

transitioning to the first network based on reception of a paging message from the first network and the paging-related information, in a state in which the terminal has transitioned to the second network,

wherein the paging-related information indicates for at least one packet data unit (PDU) session that paging is allowed.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether to transition to the first network based on the paging-related information of the first network in the message for indicating suspension of data communication with the first network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging-related information indicates data that the paging is allowed, based on at least any one of a logical channel, a PDU session, a network slice, a data network name (DNN), and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) service information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the paging-related information further includes identifier information for the data that the paging is allowed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transitioning to the first network comprises:

receiving the paging message from the first network after transitioning to the second network; and

releasing the connection of the second network based on the paging message corresponding to the paging-related information of the first network.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transitioning to the first network, after the terminal transitions to the second network, based on a lapse of a predetermined time or receiving a message indicating resumption of the data communication with the first network.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal operates based on a plurality of subscriber identification modules (SIMs).

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first network corresponds to a first SIM, and the second network corresponds to a second SIM.

9. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably coupled with the at least one processor and configured to, by being executed, store instructions that make the at least one processor perform a specific operation,

wherein the specific operation is configured to:

establish a connection to a first network,

transmit a message to the first network based on activity related to a second network, wherein the message indicates suspension of data communication with the first network and includes paging-related information of the first network,

transition to the second network, and transition to the first network based on reception of a paging message from the first network and the paging-related information, in a state in which the terminal has transitioned to the second network,

wherein the paging-related information indicates for at least one packet data unit (PDU) session that paging is allowed.

10. A method performed by a network device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

establishing a connection to a terminal operating based on a plurality of networks;

receiving, from the terminal, a message for indicating suspension of data communication with the network, wherein the message includes paging-related information of the network;

suspending the connection to the terminal based on the connection release message message for indicating suspension of data communication with the network; and

transmitting a paging message to the terminal, based on receiving data corresponding to the paging-related information for the terminal during suspension of the connection to the terminal,

wherein the paging-related information indicates for at least one packet data unit (PDU) session that paging is allowed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: CHUN, SUNG DUCK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 059761/0643 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0141255 · Nov 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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