IP Library Granted Patent US 12,342,214
Granted Patent B2
US 12,342,214 · App. 17/763,791 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Terminal device, application server, network exposure function node and methods therein

Inventors: He Zhou (Guangzhou, CN); Jingrui Tao (Guangzhou, CN)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04W28/0268H04W12/06
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Patent No.
US 12,342,214
App. No.
17/763,791
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method ( 100 ) in a terminal device. The method ( 100 ) includes: transmitting ( 110 ) to a Network Exposure Function, NEF, node a Quality of Service, QoS, request including an Internet Protocol, IP, address of the terminal device and information enabling the NEF node to determine an identifier of the terminal device.

Claims (21)

1. A method in a Network Exposure Function, NEF, node, comprising:

receiving from a terminal device a Quality of Service, QOS, request including an Internet Protocol, IP, address of the terminal device and information enabling the NEF node to determine an identifier of the terminal device;

determining the identifier based on the information; and

transmitting to a Policy Control Function, PCF, node a request to initiate a QoS modification, the request including the IP address and the identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving from the terminal device an authentication request including data from which the identifier is derivable;

deriving the identifier from the data;

generating the information in association with the identifier; and

transmitting to the terminal device an authentication response including the information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the identifier is derived from the data based on Generic Bootstrapping Architecture, GBA, or Extensible Authentication Protocol and Key Agreement, EAP-AKA.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier is an International Mobile Station Identity, IMSI.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is a security token.

6. A Network Exposure Function, NEF, node, comprising a communication interface, a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executable by the processor whereby the NEF node is operative to perform the method according to claim 1 .

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, the computer program instructions, when executed by a processor in a Network Exposure Function, NEF, node, causing the NEF node to perform the method according to claim 1 .

8. A method in a Network Exposure Function, NEF, node, comprising:

receiving from an application server a Quality of Service, QoS, request associated with a terminal device, the QoS request including an Internet Protocol, IP, address of the terminal device and an identifier of the terminal device; and

transmitting to a Policy Control Function, PCF, node a request to initiate a QoS modification, the request including the IP address and the identifier.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving authentication information from the application server; and

authenticating the application server based on the authentication information.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the identifier is a Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network Number, MSISDN.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2022
From: ZHOU, HE; TAO, JINGRUI
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 059400/0499 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220408303A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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