Methods and apparatus for provisioning private network devices during onboarding

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a network entity from a user equipment (UE), a registration request message to establish a connection for onboarding, the registration request message comprising an onboarding and provisioning indication information and a temporary identifier for the UE, wherein the temporary identifier for the UE is used for onboarding, the onboarding and provisioning indication information comprising at least one of an indication indicating the connection is for the onboarding and provisioning, or a provisioning method indication indicating a provisioning method preferred or supported by the UE, the provisioning method indication indicating user plane (UP) based remote provisioning;
• retrieving, by the network entity, a network configuration profile associated with the UE;
• and
• completing, by the network entity with the UE, provisioning of the UE in response to transmitting the registration request message the network configuration profile and the onboarding and provisioning indication information and the temporary identifier for the UE, wherein the UE determines an expiration of a timer associated with control plane (CP) based provisioning without having received a third control message including provisioning information, establishes a protocol data unit (PDU) session for the provisioning, and receives, from a provisioning server (PS), the provisioning information.

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE to perform operations including:
• transmitting a registration request message to establish a connection for onboarding, the registration request message comprising onboarding and provisioning indication information and a temporary identifier for the UE, wherein the temporary identifier for the UE is used for onboarding, the onboarding and provisioning indication information comprising at least one of an indication indicating the connection is for the onboarding and provisioning, or a provisioning method indication indicating a provisioning method preferred or supported by the UE, the provisioning method indication indicating user plane (UP) based remote provisioning;
• and
• completing, with a network entity, provisioning in response to transmitting the registration request message with the onboarding and provisioning indication information and the temporary identifier for the UE, the completing the provisioning comprising:
• determining an expiration of a timer associated with control plane (CP) based provisioning without having received a third control message including provisioning information;
• establishing a protocol data unit (PDU) session for the provisioning;
• and
• receiving, from a provisioning server (PS), the provisioning information.

A network entity comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network entity to perform operations including:
• receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a registration request message to establish a connection for onboarding, the registration request message comprising an onboarding and provisioning indication information and a temporary identifier for the UE, wherein the temporary identifier for the UE is used for onboarding, the onboarding and provisioning indication information comprising at least one of an indication indicating the connection is for the onboarding and provisioning, or a provisioning method indication indicating a provisioning method preferred or supported by the UE, the provisioning method indication indicating user plane (UP) based remote provisioning;
• retrieving a network configuration profile associated with the UE;
• and
• completing, with the UE, provisioning of the UE in response to transmitting the registration request message with the network configuration profile and the onboarding and provisioning indication information and the temporary identifier for the UE, wherein the UE determines an expiration of a timer associated with control plane (CP) based provisioning without having received a third control message including provisioning information, establishes a protocol data unit (PDU) session for the provisioning, and receives, from a provisioning server (PS), the provisioning information.