IP Library Granted Patent US 12,490,089
Granted Patent B2
US 12,490,089 · App. 18/276,410 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Network nodes and methods therein for facilitating registration of terminal device

Inventor: Debashish Pattnaik (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W12/06H04L67/55H04W12/0431H04W12/72
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Patent No.
US 12,490,089
App. No.
18/276,410
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method ( 300 ) in a Push Notification Server, PNS. The method ( 300 ) includes: receiving ( 310 ), from a terminal device, a terminal identifier of the terminal device, a network identifier of a serving network of the terminal device, and an identifier of an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF; transmitting ( 320 ), to the AMF, a request for an identifier of an Authentication Server Function, AUSF; receiving ( 330 ) the identifier of the AUSF from the AMF; and transmitting ( 340 ), to the AUSF, the terminal identifier, the network identifier, and the identifier of the AMF.

Claims (27)

1 . A method in a Push Notification Server (PNS), comprising:

receiving, from a terminal device, a terminal identifier of the terminal device, a network identifier of a serving network of the terminal device, and an identifier of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);

transmitting, to the AMF, a request for an identifier of an Authentication Server Function (AUSF);

receiving the identifier of the AUSF from the AMF;

transmitting, to the AUSF, the terminal identifier, the network identifier, and the identifier of the AMF;

receiving a security key from the AUSF; and

transmitting the security key to the terminal device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the request contains the terminal identifier, the network identifier, and the identifier of the AMF.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the security key is a Security Anchor Function (SEAF) key.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal identifier is a Subscriber Concealed Identifier (SUCI).

5 . A Push Notification Server (PNS) comprising a communication interface, a processor, and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executable by the processor whereby the PNS is operative to perform following steps:

receiving, from a terminal device, a terminal identifier of the terminal device, a network identifier of a serving network of the terminal device, and an identifier of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);

transmitting, to the AMF, a request for an identifier of an Authentication Server Function (AUSF);

receiving the identifier of the AUSF from the AMF;

transmitting, to the AUSF, the terminal identifier, the network identifier, and the identifier of the AMF;

receiving a security key from the AUSF; and

transmitting the security key to the terminal device.

6 . A method in an Authentication Server Function (AUSF), the method comprising:

receiving, from an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF, a terminal identifier of a terminal device and a network identifier of a serving network of the terminal device;

receiving, from a Push Notification Server (PNS), the terminal identifier, the network identifier, and an identifier of the AMF; and

authenticating the terminal device based on the terminal identifier and the network identifier from the AMF and the terminal identifier, the network identifier, and the identifier of the AMF from the PNS;

transmitting, in response to said authenticating, a security key to the PNS; and

transmitting, in response to said authenticating, the security key to the AMF,

wherein said transmitting the security key to the PNS is performed in parallel with said transmitting the security key to the AMF.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein said receiving from the PNS is performed in parallel with said receiving from the AMF.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the terminal identifier is a Subscriber Concealed Identifier (SUCI).

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the security key is a Security Anchor Function (SEAF) key.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: PATTNAIK, DEBASHISH
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 064526/0324 →
Continuity (1)
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