公开(公告)号：US20220312360A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593646

申请日：2021-06-24

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Nitin KUPPELUR ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Deepak DASH ,  Karthik ANANTHARAMAN ,  Kavya B. RAVIKUMAR ,  Nirlesh KOSHTA ,  Sridhar PRAKASAM

IPC: H04W60/04 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W48/18

Abstract: Systems and methods provide steering of roaming (SoR) information during a user equipment (UE) mobility registration process. In other systems and methods, instead of triggering mobility and periodic registration, a UE performs initial registration until a valid SoR is received in a visited country or network as long as a subscriber identification module (SIM) or a universal SIM (USIM) of the UE indicates that the UE is expected to receive SoR information due to initial registration in a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN).

公开(公告)号：US20220312176A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593483

申请日：2021-05-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rohit R. Matolia ,  Alosious Pradeep PRABHAKAR ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Vijay VENKATARAMAN

IPC: H04W8/00 ,  H04W48/14 ,  H04W36/00

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to connect to a next generation nodeB (gNB) and further UE. The UE determines that a triggering event has occurred, wherein the triggering event is based on a set of proximity services (ProSe) path selection and switching (PSS) policies, transmits a setup or update request to a direct discovery name management function (DDNMF) of a 5G core network, receives UE-specific policies based on the set of ProSe PSS policies, and switches from one of a PC5 interface or a Uu interface to another one of the PC5 interface or the Uu interface.

公开(公告)号：US20220311871A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593728

申请日：2020-08-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sudeep MANITHARA VAMANAN ,  Haijing HU ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Yuqin CHEN ,  Zhibin WU

IPC: H04M15/00 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W4/24

Abstract: A network may provision a user equipment (UE) with charging rules for the UE to host sidelink (SL) communications with other UEs. An application server may receive information indicating a group of user equipment (UE) has been formed, the group of UEs comprising a first UE connected to a radio access network (RAN) and at least one further UE connected via a sidelink (SL) to the first UE, select SL parameters including session management parameters and charging parameters for a SL session for the UE group and provision a policy control function (PCF) of a core network (CN) with the selected SL parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20220264275A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17554674

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sudeep Manithara VAMANAN ,  Robert ZAUS ,  Haijing HU ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Roland GRUBER

IPC: H04W4/90 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W48/20

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for public land mobile network (PLMN) selection for disaster roaming in a 5G wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive two or more messages that disaster roaming service is offered by two or more forbidden public land mobile networks (PLMNs) of a forbidden PLMN list of the UE. The UE can select a first forbidden PLMN of the two or more forbidden PLMNs, where the first forbidden PLMN corresponds to a highest priority PLMN of a preferred PLMN list of the UE, and establish communications, via the transceiver, with the first forbidden PLMN. Some embodiments include designating a forbidden PLMN as offering a disaster roaming PLMN for manual selection. Some embodiments include enabling a Closed Access Group (CAG)-capable UE to access disaster roaming services from a forbidden PLMN of a CAG-only cell or a 5G cell.

公开(公告)号：US20210368435A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US17327158

申请日：2021-05-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nirlesh KOSHTA ,  Sridhar PRAKASAM ,  Karthik ANANTHARAMAN ,  Vijay VENKATARAMAN ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Nitin KUPPELUR ,  Deepak DASH ,  Pradeep PANGI ,  Kavya B. RAVIKUMAR ,  Xiangpeng JING

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W60/04

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for requesting and providing service of a network slice deemed essential by a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits a request message to the network indicating that essential services are requested, and identifying the essential network slice. Based on the information in the request message, the serving network communicates with one or more network nodes to determine whether the requested services can be provided. This information is packaged in a response message and transmitted to the UE. If the current network is capable of servicing the requested network slice, then the UE remains with the current network. If not, then the UE initiates a search for an alternative network (PLMN or SNPN) capable of supporting the requested services. A successful search causes the UE to register with the newly-found network, whereas an unsuccessful search causes the UE to re-register with the current network.

公开(公告)号：US20210360509A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US17302723

申请日：2021-05-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rohit R. MATOLIA ,  Alosious Pradeep PRABHAKAR ,  Han PU ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Mohammed SADIQUE ,  Srinivasan NIMMALA ,  Vijay VENKATARAMAN

IPC: H04W48/06 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/18

Abstract: A cellular network includes a first network component configured to i) identify a first session between a first data network and a user equipment (UE), wherein the first session corresponds to a first session management function (SMF), ii) receive data network access information (DNAI) from a network function, the DNAI corresponding to a second data network and iii) select a second SMF that is to be utilized for a second session between the second data network and the UE. The cellular network also includes a second network component configured to i) store a mapping between the DNAI and the second SMF and ii) transmit an indication of the second SMF to the first network component, wherein the first network component selects the second SMF based on the indication.

公开(公告)号：US20210258761A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17248966

申请日：2021-02-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gaurav LAMBA ,  Abdus SAMAD ,  Amandeep Singh BEDI ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO ,  Rohan C. MALTHANKAR ,  Samy TOUATI ,  Vijay VENKATARAMAN ,  Vinash KAUSHAL

IPC: H04W4/90 ,  H04W76/50 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/14

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may identify that an emergency call is being initiated and send further messages including the location of the UE. The UE receives emergency location signaling parameters, identifies that an emergency communication has been initiated by the UE based on the emergency location signaling parameters and transmits a message to an endpoint associated with emergency services based on the identification of the emergency message being initiated, wherein the message includes location information for the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20210250845A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17248689

申请日：2021-02-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yifan ZHU ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Srinivasan NIMMALA ,  Utkarsh KUMAR ,  Vijay VENKATARAMAN

IPC: H04W48/06 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04W28/02

Abstract: Manners of controlling a data rate for a user equipment (UE) on a per slice basis by either a core network or a radio access network (RAN). In one exemplary manner, a request is received to establish a new Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session for a network slice for a user equipment (UE), a maximum session throughput value is received for the new PDU session, the maximum session throughput value for the new PDU session is added to an accumulated maximum session throughput value to determine an updated accumulated maximum session throughput value, the updated accumulated maximum session throughput value is compared to a maximum slice throughput value and, when the updated accumulated maximum session throughput value exceeds the maximum slice throughput value, an action is performed related to the new PDU session.

公开(公告)号：US20210136849A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17086175

申请日：2020-10-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Srinivasan NIMMALA ,  Kavya B. RAVIKUMAR ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Lakshmi N. KAVURI ,  Utkarsh KUMAR ,  Vijay VENKATARAMAN ,  Yifan ZHU ,  Alosious Pradeep PRABHAKAR ,  Mohammed SADIQUE

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to support parallel access to services of multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs) by a wireless device are disclosed. The wireless device is a single-radio wireless device that includes wireless circuitry that supports an active voice or video connection via a single radio access network of a cellular wireless network at a time. To send or receive data for a second SIM/eSIM, when an active voice or video connection for a first SIM/eSIM uses the wireless circuitry, the single-radio wireless device can i) establish parallel, linked protocol data unit (PDU) sessions for different SIMs, ii) multiplex traffic for different SIMs over a common radio connection with SIM information embedded in protocol headers for routing by network equipment, and/or iii) use an additional dedicated bearer using a first, active SIM for each data network name (DNN) over which to route for a second, suspended SIM.

公开(公告)号：US20240235941A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18546661

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vijay VENKATARAMAN ,  Alosious Pradeep PRABHAKAR ,  Krisztian KISS ,  Rohit R. MATOLIA

IPC: H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/082 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/082 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W36/0022

Abstract: A network function is responsible for enforcing network slice quotas. The network function identifies a network slice quota for a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI), determines that the network slice quota for the S-NSSAI includes a first quota corresponding to fifth generation (5G) packet data unit (PDU) sessions and a second quota corresponding to interworking handovers between a fifth generation core (5GC and an evolved packet core (EPC), receives a request to update the network slice quota and updates the network slice quota for the S-NSSAI based on the request.