Registration management method for terminal accessing 5G network on non-3GPP access

A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• receive, from an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity via the transceiver, a location report request for a terminal while the terminal is in radio resource control (RRC) inactive state,
• based on the location report request for the terminal, identify whether to:
• transmit, to the AMF entity, a location report including last known location information of the terminal identified by the base station and a time stamp associated with the last known location information of the terminal, or transmit a radio access network (RAN) paging for the terminal before reporting a location of the terminal to the AMF entity,
• transmit, to the AMF entity via the transceiver, the last known location information of the terminal identified by the base station and the time stamp associated with the last known location information of the terminal, in case that the base station identifies to transmit the last known location information of the terminal identified by the base station and the time stamp associated with the last known location information of the terminal, and
• transmit, via the transceiver, the RAN paging for the terminal, determine a current location of the terminal based on the RAN paging, and control the transceiver to transmit, to the AMF via the transceiver, a location report including information on the current location of the terminal, in case that the base station identifies to transmit the RAN paging for the terminal before reporting the location of the terminal to the AMF.

An access and mobility management function (AMF) entity in a wireless communication system, the AMF entity comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• transmit, to a base station via the transceiver, a location report request for a terminal,
• based on the location report request for the terminal, receive, from the base station via the transceiver, a location report including last known location information of the terminal identified by the base station and a time stamp associated with the last known location information of the terminal, or
• receive, from the base station via the transceiver, a location report including information on a current location information of the terminal determined based on a radio access network (RAN) paging procedure,
• wherein the location report is a response to the location report request for the terminal that reaches at the base station while the terminal is in radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and
• wherein the location report request is for the base station to identify whether to:
• transmit, to the AMF entity, the last known location information of the terminal identified by the base station and the time stamp associated with the last known location information of the terminal, or transmit the RAN paging for the terminal before reporting a location of the terminal to the AMF entity.