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US 12,587,827 · App. 18/644,457 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Indication information sending method, apparatus and system, and storage medium

Inventors: Zhendong Li (Shenzhen, CN); Shuang Liang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W8/12H04W8/24H04W36/0011H04W36/32H04W48/16H04W36/144H04W92/02
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Patent No.
US 12,587,827
App. No.
18/644,457
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an indication information sending method, apparatus and system, a storage medium, and an electronic device, where the indication information sending method includes: sending, by a first access and mobility management function (AMF), first indication information to a first target network element, where the first indication information is used for indicating whether a packet data unit (PDU) session is capable of interworking with a target network system.

Claims (39)

1 . An indication information sending method, comprising:

sending, by a first access and mobility management function (AMF), first indication information to a unified data management (UDM) directly; and

causing, via the first indication information, the UDM to store data network name (DNN) interworking information, the DNN interworking information being associated with a data session of a UE interworking between accessing at least two different wireless systems and comprising:

DNN information and at least one of an address of a session management function (SMF) or a packet data unit (PDU) gateway (PGW), wherein the SMF or the PGW in the DNN interworking information is selected as only one SMF or PGW for interworking between the at least two different wireless systems among a plurality of SMFs or PGWs associated with the DNN so that when the UE moves from a first wireless system to a second wireless system of the at least two different wireless systems, the second wireless system uses the selected one SMF or PGW for each DNN to maintain continuity of a session between the first wireless system and the second wireless system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein for each DNN, the UDM stores one DNN interworking information corresponding to the DNN.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the first AMF in response to occurrence of an inter-AMF mobility event in which the UE is transferred from the first AMF for accessing the first wireless system to a second AMF for accessing the first wireless system, the first indication information to the second AMF, wherein the first indication information is used for causing the second AMF to store the DNN interworking information.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the inter-AMF mobility event comprises at least one of:

a connected state handover process or an idle state mobility process.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the first AMF, second indication information to a first target network element for establishing the data session as a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session in the first wireless system, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating whether the PDU session is capable of interworking with the second wireless system.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein sending, by the first AMF, the second indication information to the first target network element comprises:

sending, by the first AMF in response to the first AMF receiving a request message in which a user equipment (UE) requests to set up the PDU session, a PDU session setup request to an SMF, wherein the PDU session setup request carries the second indication information.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein sending, by the first AMF, the second indication information to the first target network element comprises:

sending, by the first AMF in response to the first AMF determining that a status parameter of the PDU session changes, a PDU session modification request to a SMF, wherein the PDU session modification request carries the second indication information.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the first AMF in response to the first AMF receiving a request message in which the UE requests to set up the data session as a protocol data unit (PDU) session in the first wireless system, a PDU session setup request to a session management function (SMF), the PDU session setup request carrying a second indication information; and

sending, by the first AMF in response to the first AMF determining that a status parameter of the PDU session changes, a PDU session modification request to the SMF, the PDU session modification request carrying the second indication information, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating whether the PDU session is capable of interworking with the second wireless system.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

sending, by the SMF in response to occurrence of an inter-AMF mobility event in which the UE is transferred from the first AMF for accessing the first wireless system to a second AMF for accessing the second wireless system, a message to the second AMF, wherein the message is used for indicating whether the PDU session under the SMF is capable of interworking with the second wireless system.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the second wireless system comprises a fourth generation (4G) network system.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the first AMF in response to occurrence of an inter-AMF mobility event in which the UE is transferred from the first AMF for accessing the first wireless system to a second AMF for accessing the first wireless system, a second indication information to the second AMF, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating to the second AMF whether the data session established as a packet data unit (PDU) session of the UE under the first AMF for accessing the first wireless system is capable of interworking with the second wireless system.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein sending, by the first AMF, the second indication information to the second AMF comprises:

sending, by the first AMF, a UE context message to the second AMF, wherein the UE context message carries the second indication information.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the inter-AMF mobility event comprises at least one of:

a connected state handover process or an idle state mobility process.

14 . A storage medium storing a computer program, which is configured to, when executed, perform the method of claim 1 .

15 . An electronic apparatus, comprising at least one memory and at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory is configured to store a computer program, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer program to perform steps comprising:

sending, by a first access and mobility management function (AMF), first indication information to a unified data management (UDM) directly; and

causing, via the first indication information, the UDM to store data network name (DNN) interworking information, the DNN interworking information being associated with a data session of a UE interworking between accessing at least two different wireless systems and comprising:

DNN information and at least one of an address of a session management function (SMF) or a packet data unit (PDU) gateway (PGW), wherein the SMF or the PGW in the DNN interworking information is selected as only one SMF or PGW for interworking between the at least two different wireless systems among a plurality of SMFs or PGWs associated with the DNN so that when the UE moves from a first wireless system to a second wireless system of the at least two different wireless systems, the second wireless system uses the selected one SMF or PGW for DNN to maintain continuity of a session between the first wireless system and the second wireless system.

16 . The electronic apparatus of claim 15 , wherein for each DNN, the UDM stores one DNN interworking information corresponding to the DNN.

17 . The electronic apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer program to perform a step comprising:

sending, by the first AMF in response to occurrence of an inter-AMF mobility event in which the UE is transferred from the first AMF for accessing the first wireless system to a second AMF for accessing the first wireless system, the first indication information to the second AMF, wherein the first indication information is used for causing the second AMF to store the DNN interworking information.

18 . The electronic apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the inter-AMF mobility event comprises at least one of: a connected state handover process or an idle state mobility process.

19 . The electronic apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer program to perform a step comprising:

sending, by the first AMF, second indication information to a first target network element for establishing the data session as a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session in the first wireless system, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating whether the PDU session is capable of interworking with a the second wireless system.

20 . The electronic apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to send the second indication information to the first target network element by sending, by the first AMF in response to the first AMF receiving a request message in which the UE requests to set up the PDU session, a PDU session setup request to an SMF, wherein the PDU session setup request carries the second indication information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: LI, ZHENDONG; LIANG, SHUANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810912161.6 · Aug 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17172711 · Feb 10, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2019100111 · Aug 10, 2019
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