Enforcement of maximum number of admitted terminals per network slice

    公开(公告)号:US12219463B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17765273

    申请日:2019-09-30

    Abstract: There are provided measures for enforcement of maximum number of admitted terminals per network slice. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving a packet data connection related request concerning a network slice being configured with a maximum number of terminals to be admitted to said network slice, maintaining a counter indicative of a number of terminals admitted to said network slice based on said packet data connection related request, and transmitting a response to said packet data connection related request.

    Method and apparatus for enforcement of maximum number of protocol data unit sessions per network slice in a communication system

    公开(公告)号:US12170952B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-17

    申请号:US17617799

    申请日:2019-06-10

    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing an enforcement mechanism for the maximum number of PDU sessions per network slice in a communication system are provided. A method, system, and apparatus may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request message and Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) through an access network (AN). The method, system, and apparatus may cause, upon detecting that the S-NSSAI is subject to the capping number of PDU sessions per network slice, transmission of a service request message to a network slice selection function (NSSF). The service request message includes an indication indicating that the S-NSSAI is subject to a capping number of PDU sessions per network slice. The indication may cause the NSSF to increment a counter associated with PDU sessions for a network slice associated with the S-NSSAI.

    Methods and apparatuses for efficient registration in an area where a service is supported partially

    公开(公告)号:US11617147B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US17307675

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for efficient registration for partially supported service areas are provided. One method may include providing, to at least one user equipment registered to a network within a registration area, information comprising one or more lists of single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) and one or more lists of tracking area identities (TAIs). The one or more single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) is included in a list of rejected single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) or in a list of extended rejected single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs), and is associated with a cause value indicating that the one or more single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) is not supported uniformly in the registration area and is not supported in a current tracking area.

    Optimized user equipment capabilities signaling including recovery from database failure

    公开(公告)号:US11540117B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US16864043

    申请日:2020-04-30

    Inventor: Alessio Casati

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for UE capability signaling. An apparatus is provided that is caused to at least: receive, from a user equipment capability management function, a message including a first restart counter value indicating a restart of the user equipment capability management function; inhibit, in response to receiving the first restart counter value, one or more old user equipment capability identifiers associated with a second restart counter value, the second restart counter value being associated to a pre-restart state of the user equipment capability management function; and send the first restart counter value indicating the restart of the user equipment capability management function. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.

    Method and apparatus for supporting migration and co-existence of public land mobile network based on user equipment capability identifications

    公开(公告)号:US11304125B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16863794

    申请日:2020-04-30

    Inventor: Alessio Casati

    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for intelligently switching from public land mobile network (PLMN) assigned identification (ID) to UE manufacturer assigned ID. An example method includes receiving a registration request message comprising information related to location registration to an access and mobility management function (AMF) or a mobility management entity (MME) through a radio access network (RAN), obtaining an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) or Permanent Equipment Identifier (PEI) of a user equipment and extracting from the IMEI or PEI a type allocation code (TAC). The method then obtains a user equipment radio capability ID associated with the user equipment and determines whether the UE shall use a user equipment manufacturer ID or PLMN assigned ID in order to determine an appropriate registration accept message having instructions to operate based on the user equipment manufacturer ID or the PLMN assigned ID.

    Managing VPLMN configuration updates in the UE due to home PLMN configuration changes

    公开(公告)号:US10999788B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16417708

    申请日:2019-05-21

    Inventor: Alessio Casati

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for managing configuration updates. In some example embodiment, there may be provided an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: receive an indication regarding whether a home network makes a change to a previous configuration information for the apparatus; and delete, when the received indication represents the change, the previous configuration information stored at the apparatus. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.

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