# US 12,192,835 B2 · Privacy in a wireless communication network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,835 B2 - Document ID: US12192835B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/766,359 - Filed: 2020-10-01 - Published: 2024-03-28 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-04 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Noamen Ben Henda; Peter Hedman; Paul Schliwa-Bertling - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192835B2 ## CPC - H04W 36/0061: {of neighbour cell information} - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 12/08: Access security - H04W 36/08: Reselecting an access point - H04W 48/02: Access restriction performed under specific conditions - H04W 84/045: {using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method performed by a wireless device (12). The method comprises performing, over a first cell (14) associated with a public network, a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure in which the wireless device (12) is authenticated as being authorized to access a non-public network. The method also comprises after performing the NAS procedure, receiving from the first cell (14) a mobility command that commands the wireless device (12) to perform a mobility procedure towards a second cell (16) associated with the non-public network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising: performing, over a first cell associated with a public network, a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure in which the wireless device is authenticated as being authorized to access a non-public network; transmitting, via the first cell, secured NAS signaling which indicates one or more identifiers associated with the non-public network that the wireless device targets to access, wherein either: the non-public network is a standalone non-public network (SNPN), and the one or more identifiers include a public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID) and a network identifier (NID); or the non-public network is a public network integrated non-public network (PNINPN), and the one or more identifiers include a public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID); and after performing the NAS procedure, receiving from the first cell a mobility command that commands the wireless device to perform a mobility procedure towards a second cell associated with the non-public network, wherein the mobility command is received responsive to transmitting the secured NAS signaling. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the mobility procedure is a handover procedure or a redirect procedure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising performing the mobility procedure towards the second cell. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the mobility command includes an identifier of the second cell towards which the wireless device is to perform the mobility procedure, and wherein the method further comprises determining, based on the mobility command, that the second cell identified by the identifier is a cell associated with the non-public network. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the secured NAS signaling comprises a Registration message or a Security Mode Command (SMC) Complete message. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein authentication of the wireless device as being authorized to access the non-public network is based on or triggered by the secured NAS signaling. ### Claim 7 A method performed by a radio network node configured to serve a first cell associated with a public network, the method comprising: receiving, from a core network node, control signaling which indicates a non-public network that a wireless device is authorized to access, targets to access, and/or is to be moved to, wherein either: the non-public network is a standalone non-public network (SNPN), and the control signaling indicates the non-public network by indicating a public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID) and a network identifier (NID) associated with the non-public network; or the non-public network is a public network integrated non-public network PNINPN), and the control signaling indicates the non-public network by indicating a closed access group (CAG) identifier, or a network slice identifier, associated with the non-public network; determining a second cell associated with the non-public network; and transmitting, to the wireless device, a mobility command that commands the wireless device to perform a mobility procedure towards the second cell. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the mobility procedure is a handover procedure or a redirect procedure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the control signaling further indicates information governing prioritization of one or more cells of the non-public network. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the information governing prioritization of one or more cells of the non-public network includes a radio access technology (RAT) selection priority information or frequency selection priority information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the second cell conceals from the wireless device an association of the second cell with the non-public network, and wherein the first cell advertises to the wireless device that the first cell is associated with the public network. ### Claim 12 A method performed by a core network node, the method comprising: authenticating a wireless device as being authorized to access a non-public network; and transmitting, from the core network node to a radio network node configured to serve a first cell associated with a public network, control signaling which indicates the non-public network that the wireless device is authorized to access, targets to access, and/or is to be moved to. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein said transmitting is performed responsive to said authenticating. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving, via the first cell associated with the public network, secured control plane signaling which indicates one or more identifiers associated with the non-public network that the wireless device targets to access, and wherein said transmitting is performed responsive to receiving the secured control plane signaling. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein either: the non-public network is a standalone non-public network (SNPN), and the control signaling indicates the non-public network by indicating a public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID) and a network identifier (NID) associated with the non-public network; or the non-public network is a public network integrated non-public network (PNiNPN), and the control signaling indicates the non-public network by indicating a closed access group (CAG) identifier, or a network slice identifier, associated with the non-public network. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the control signaling further indicates information governing prioritization of one or more cells of the non-public network. ### Claim 17 A method performed by a radio network node configured to serve a first cell associated with a public network, the method comprising: receiving, from a core network node, control signaling which indicates a non-public network that a wireless device is authorized to access, targets to access, and/or is to be moved to; determining a second cell associated with the non-public network, wherein the second cell conceals from the wireless device an association of the second cell with the non-public network, and wherein the first cell advertises to the wireless device that the first cell is associated with the public network; and transmitting, to the wireless device, a mobility command that commands the wireless device to perform a mobility procedure towards the second cell. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the control signaling further indicates information governing prioritization of one or more cells of the non-public network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the information governing prioritization of one or more cells of the non-public network includes a radio access technology (RAT) selection priority information or frequency selection priority information.