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US 11,689,979 B2Granted
Methods, apparatus, and systems using enhanced dedicated core network (DCN) selection
AssigneeInterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
InventorsMahmoud Watfa, Behrouz Aghili
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems using Enhanced Dedicated Core Network (DCN) selection are disclosed. One representative method includes receiving, by the core network entity from another core network entity, information indicating that a DCN type is new or has change for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU); and sending a message, by the core network entity to the WTRU, including a new or a changed DCN type.
Claims18
A method, implemented by a Network Entity (NE), the method comprising:
- receiving, by the NE from a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU), a Service Request (SR) to change the WTRU to connected mode;
- sending, by the NE to the WTRU, information indicating (1) a new or a changed type of network portion associated with a service to serve the WTRU, (2) one or more candidate network portions associated with the service, and (3) that at least one of the one or more candidate network portions that are associated with the service is rejected;
- sending, by the NE, a Connection Release message;
- and
- receiving, by the NE, a registration request, wherein the registration request includes information indicating a request for a first network portion associated with the service to serve the WTRU, on condition that the first network portion is not rejected.
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A Network Entity (NE), comprising:
- a transmit/receive unit configured to:
- receive a Service Request (SR) to change a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) to connected mode;
- send information indicating (1) a new or a changed type of network portion associated with a service to serve the WTRU, (2) one or more candidate network portions associated with the service, and (3) that at least one of the one or more candidate network portions that are associated with the service is rejected;
- send a Connection Release message;
- and
- receive a registration request,
- wherein on condition that the first network portion associated with the service is not rejected, the registration request includes information indicating a request for the first network portion associated with the service to serve the WTRU.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.