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US 11,388,692 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for supporting access control and mobility management
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsXu Li, Hang Zhang
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Abstract
The present application provides a method and apparatus for supporting general registration of user equipment to facilitate MO only mode preferences.
Claims20
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a message, from an access and mobility management function (AMF) via an access network (AN) node, wherein the message indicates a value of a periodic registration update timer and that a mobile initiated connection only (MICO) mode is allowed, and includes an indication indicating an apparatus associated with the one or more processors to keep the periodic registration update timer running while in a CM-CONNECTED state, until the periodic registration update timer expires;
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- according to the received message, keep the periodic registration update timer running while the apparatus is in the CM-CONNECTED state, until the periodic registration update timer expires.
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- transmit a registration request comprising a mobile initiated connection only (MICO) mode preference to an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a network;
- receive a response from the AMF, the response including a determination indicating that the MICO mode is allowed, a value of a periodic registration update timer, and an indication for disabling an apparatus's reset of the periodic registration update timer before the periodic registration update timer expires, wherein the apparatus is associated with the one or more processors;
- start the periodic registration update timer after receiving the response, where a duration of the periodic registration update timer is equal to the received value;
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- keep the periodic registration update timer running irrespective of a transition from an idle state to a state of connection to the network until expiry of the periodic registration update timer according to the indication.
2 more elements
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a registration request from a user equipment (UE) via an access network (AN) node, wherein the registration request includes a preference for a mobile initiated connection only (MICO) mode;
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- send a message to the UE via the AN node, wherein the message indicates a value of a periodic registration update timer and the MICO mode is allowed for the UE, and includes an indication indicating the UE to keep the periodic registration update timer running while in a CM-CONNECTED state, until the periodic registration update timer expires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.