IP Library Granted Patent US 12,464,340
Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,340 · App. 18/067,065 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Method and apparatus to provide priority services to UE in wireless network

Inventor: Ashok Kumar Nayak (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W8/20H04W4/06H04W60/04
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Patent No.
US 12,464,340
App. No.
18/067,065
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments herein provide methods for providing priority services to a UE by an AMF. The method includes receiving a request message from the UE, receiving, from a unified data management (UDM), subscription data of the UE, and, based on identifying that the subscription data comprises information related to a priority service and the request message does not include an establishment cause associated with the priority service, sending, to the UE, an accept message for the priority service in response to receiving the request message. The priority service comprises at least one of multimedia priority service (MPS) or mission critical service (MCX).

Claims (36)

1 . A method by an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a registration request message;

receiving, from a unified data management (UDM), subscription data for the UE; and

in case that the registration request message does not include an establishment cause, transmitting, to the UE, at least one of a multimedia priority service (MPS) subscription indication or a mission critical service (MCX) subscription indication via a UE configuration update (UCU) procedure,

wherein the subscription data includes at least one of the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a session management function (SMF), or other network function (NF) in the wireless network, at least one subsequent message including a message priority header indicating the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the registration request message is received without the establishment cause in an initial registration request, after the UE receiving priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF, or in case that the UE does not receive the priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF in at least one non-access stratum (NAS) message.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

prioritizing at least one subsequent message based on the subscription data indicating at least one of the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication in response to receiving the registration request message.

5 . A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, the method comprising:

transmitting, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message; and

in case that the registration request message does not include an establishment cause, receiving, from the AMF which received subscription data for the UE, at least one of a multimedia priority service (MPS) subscription indication or a mission critical service (MCX) subscription indication via a UE configuration update (UCU) procedure,

wherein the subscription data includes at least one of the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the registration request message is sent without the establishment cause in an initial registration request, after the UE receives priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF, or in case that the UE does not receive the priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF in at least one non-access stratum (NAS) message.

7 . An access and mobility management function (AMF) entity in a wireless network, the AMF entity comprising:

memory;

a communicator; and

a processor, communicatively coupled with the memory and the communicator, configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), a registration request message,

receive, from a unified data management (UDM) entity, subscription data for the UE, and

in case that the registration request message does not include an establishment cause, transmit, to the UE, at least one of a multimedia priority service (MPS) subscription indication or a mission critical service (MCX) subscription indication via a UE configuration update (UCU) procedure,

wherein the subscription data includes at least one of the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication.

8 . The AMF entity of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit, to a session management function (SMF) entity or other network function (NF) entity in the wireless network, at least one subsequent message including a message priority header indicating the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication.

9 . The AMF entity of claim 7 , wherein the registration request message is received without the establishment cause in an initial registration request, after the UE receives priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF, or in case that UE does not receive the priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF in at least one non-access stratum (NAS) message.

10 . The AMF entity of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

prioritize at least one subsequent message based on the subscription data indicating at least one of the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication in response to receiving the registration request message.

11 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, the UE comprising:

memory;

a communicator; and

a processor, communicatively coupled with the memory and the communicator, configured to:

transmit, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, a registration request message, and

in case that the registration request message does not include an establishment cause receive, from the AMF which received subscription data for the UE, at least one of a multimedia priority service (MPS) subscription indication or a mission critical service (MCX) subscription indication via a UE configuration update (UCU) procedure,

wherein the subscription data includes at least one of the MPS subscription indication or the MCX subscription indication.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the registration request message is received without the establishment cause in an initial registration request, after the UE receives priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF, or in case that the UE does not receive the priority services information related to the MPS from the AMF in at least one non-access stratum (NAS) message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: NAYAK, ASHOK KUMAR
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 062125/0304 →
Priority Claims (2)
IN 202241002627 · Jan 17, 2022 · national
IN 202241002627 · Jul 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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