Wireless user equipment (UE) registration with networking data responsive to external control
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorsLyle T. Bertz, Galip Murat Karabulut, Brian David Waters
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Abstract
A wireless communication system receives a registration cause for a User Equipment (UE) from a user data system. The wireless communication system generates a network message that indicates the registration cause for the UE. The wireless communication system transfers the network message that indicates the registration cause to the UE. The wireless communication system receives a registration request from the UE that indicates the registration cause. In response, the wireless communication system registers the UE to use the wireless communication system based on the registration cause.
Claims20
A method to register a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving, by an Application Function (AF), a UE instruction for the UE from an external application server and transferring, by the AF, the UE instruction to a Network Exposure Function (NEF);
- translating, by the NEF, the UE instruction received from the external application server into a registration cause for the UE and exposing, by the NEF, the registration cause to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);
- generating, by the AMF, a network message that indicates the registration cause for the UE;
- transferring, by the AMF, the network message that indicates the registration cause for delivery to the UE;
- receiving, by the AMF, a registration request transferred by the UE that indicates the registration cause, wherein the UE generates and transfers the registration request in response to receiving the network message;
- and
- in response, registering, by the AMF, the UE to use a wireless communication network based on the registration cause.
A system comprising:
- an Application Function (AF), a Network Exposure Function (NEF), and an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);
- the AF configured to:
- receive a User Equipment (UE) instruction for a UE from an external application server;
- and
- transfer the UE instruction to the NEF;
- the NEF configured to:
- receive the UE instruction for the UE from the AF;
- translate the UE instruction received from the external application server into a registration cause for the UE;
- and
- expose the registration cause to the AMF;
- and
- the AMF configured to:
- generate a network message that indicates the registration cause for the UE;
- transfer the network message that indicates the registration cause for delivery to the UE;
- receive a registration request transferred by the UE that indicates the registration cause, wherein the UE generates and transfers the registration request in response to receiving the network message;
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- responsively register the UE to use a wireless communication network based on the registration cause.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon, wherein the program instruction, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, by an Application Function (AF), a User Equipment (UE) instruction for a UE from an external application server and transferring, by the AF, the UE instruction to a Network Exposure Function (NEF);
- translating, by the NEF, the UE instruction received from the external application server into a registration cause for the UE and exposing, by the NEF, the registration cause to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);
- generating, by the AMF, a network message that indicates the registration cause for the UE;
- transferring, by the AMF, the network message that indicates the registration cause for delivery to the UE;
- receiving, by the AMF, a registration request transferred by the UE that indicates the registration cause, wherein the UE generates and transfers the registration request in response to receiving the network message;
- and
- in response, registering, by the AMF, the UE to use a wireless communication network based on the registration cause.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.