Techniques for Managing Parameters Used by Terminal Devices in Access Network Selection and/or Traffic Steering or Routing Procedures
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMattias Tan Bergström, Oumer Teyeb
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Abstract
An aspect provides a method of operating a terminal device in a communication network, the method comprising, on rejection of a connection request to a network node, (i) using broadcast parameters that have been broadcast from the or another network node in an access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure (607) and/or (ii) discarding dedicated parameters that have been received from a network node using dedicated signalling, the dedicated parameters being for use in the access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure (617).
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1-23. (canceled)
A method of operating a terminal device in a communication network, the method comprising, on rejection of a connection request to a network node:
- (i) using broadcast parameters that have been broadcast from the network node or another network node in an access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure;
- and/or
- (ii) discarding dedicated parameters that have been received from a network node using dedicated signaling, the dedicated parameters being for use in the access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure.
A terminal device for use in a communication network, the terminal device comprising processing circuitry that is configured to, on rejection of a connection request to a network node:
- (i) use broadcast parameters that have been broadcast from the network node or another network node in an access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure;
- and/or
- (ii) discard dedicated parameters that have been received from a network node using dedicated signaling, the dedicated parameters being for use in the access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure.
A method of operating a network node in a communication network, the method comprising:
- determining a desired behavior of a terminal device with respect to an access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure in the event that a connection request by the terminal device to a network node is rejected;
- and
- providing an indication of the desired behavior to the terminal device.
A network node for use in a communication network, the network node comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to determine a desired behavior of a terminal device with respect to an access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure in the event that a connection request by the terminal device to a network node is rejected;
- and
- an interface or transceiver circuitry configured to provide an indication of the determined desired behavior to the terminal device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program product having computer readable code embodied therein, the computer readable code being configured such that, on execution of the computer readable code by processing circuitry in a terminal device in a communication network, the processing circuitry is caused to, on rejection of a connection request from the terminal device to a network node:
- (i) use broadcast parameters that have been broadcast from the network node or another network node in an access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure;
- and/or
- (ii) discard dedicated parameters that have been received from a network node using dedicated signaling, the dedicated parameters being for use in the access network selection and/or traffic steering or routing procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.