Granted Patent B2

US 12,342,308 · App. 18/752,110 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Inventors: Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA); Taehun Kim (Fairfax, VA); Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA)

Assignee: Ofinno, LLC

H04W60/04H04W12/06H04W12/72H04W60/06H04W76/18H04W84/06

Abstract

Claims (27)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with an aerial service, wherein the transmitting is after an authentication and/or authorization procedure for the aerial service of the wireless device is confirmed, wherein the PDU session establishment request comprises a civil aviation authority (CAA) uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) identifier (ID); and

receiving, by the wireless device from the AMF, an indication of acceptance or rejection of the PDU session establishment request, wherein the rejection or acceptance of the PDU session establishment request is based on an indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received indication is received in a PDU session reject message.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

marking, based on the received indication, an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) authentication and/or authorization (AA) status as revoked or failed, when the indication of rejection is received.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDU session is for communicating with a service supplier of the aerial service or wherein the PDU session is for command and control (C2) communication of the aerial service.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized using a procedure comprising sending, by the AMF to the USS, an authentication and/or authorization request.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises an aerial vehicle identifier of the wireless device.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises a generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) of the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received indication is received in a PDU session release message.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

sending a PDU session release complete message to the AMF and/or SMF in response to the received indication.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

marking, based on the received indication, an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) authentication and/or authorization (AA) status as revoked or failed, when the indication of rejection is received.

11. A wireless device comprising one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with an aerial service, wherein the transmitting is after an authentication and/or authorization procedure for the aerial service of the wireless device is confirmed, wherein the PDU session establishment request comprises a civil aviation authority (CAA) uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) identifier (ID); and

receive, from the AMF, an indication of acceptance of the PDU session establishment request, wherein the acceptance of the PDU session establishment request is based on an indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS).

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the received indication is received in a PDU session reject message.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the PDU session is for communicating with a service supplier of the aerial service or wherein the PDU session is for command and control (C2) communication of the aerial service.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized using a procedure comprising sending, by the AMF to the USS, an authentication and/or authorization request.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises an aerial vehicle identifier of the wireless device.

16. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the authentication and/or authorization request comprises a generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) of the wireless device.

17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the received indication is received in a PDU session release message.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with an aerial service, wherein the transmitting is after an authentication and/or authorization procedure for the aerial service of the wireless device is confirmed, wherein the PDU session establishment request comprises a civil aviation authority (CAA) uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) identifier (ID); and

receive, from the AMF, an indication of acceptance of the PDU session establishment request, wherein the acceptance of the PDU session establishment request is based on an indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS).

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