DUAL ACCESS AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING OPTIMIZED 5G CORE DEPLOYMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220417726A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17358193

    申请日:2021-06-25

    Abstract: A first access and mobility management function (AMF) in a network receives, from user equipment (UE), a registration request listing a first network slice and a second network slice. Upon determining that the first AMF supports the first, but not the second, network slice, the first AMF causes selection of (i) the first AMF as a session and mobility management (SM)-AMF to perform mobility management, and first session management signaling for the first network slice; and (ii) a second AMF as a session management only (SO)-AMF to perform only second session management signaling for the second network slice. The first AMF, acting as SM-AMF, performs the first session management signaling for a first data session on the first network slice, while the second AMF, acting as SO-AMF, performs only the second session management signaling for a second data session on the second network slice.

    INTER-AMF CONNECTED MODE HANDOVER OPTIMIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230143182A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17521280

    申请日:2021-11-08

    CPC classification number: H04W36/0072 H04W36/08

    Abstract: A target Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) switches the path for network traffic to a User Equipment (UE) in an inter-AMF mobility event. The target AMF obtains a path switch request from a target next generation Node B (gNB). The path switch request includes a UE identifier and a source AMF identifier. The target AMF compares the source AMF identifier with a target AMF identifier, and responsive to a determination that the source AMF identifier is different than the target AMF identifier, the target AMF provides a UE context transfer request to the source AMF. The target AMF obtains the UE context from the source AMF and processes the path switch request to update a core network path for a session of the UE. The target AMF also provides a path switch response to the target gNB.

    NEIGHBOR LISTS FOR USE IN MULTI-OPERATOR CORE NETWORK BASED NEUTRAL HOST NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20210160743A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US16691936

    申请日:2019-11-22

    Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) of a neutral host network (NHN) provides communications in a plurality of small cells, and is a shared resource with shared access by a plurality of mobile network operators (MNOs) via a multi-operator core network (MOCN). A base station maintains a neighbor list of small cell frequencies of neighboring small cells of a small cell, and broadcasts, to a user equipment (UE), a system information message which includes the neighbor list. The base station additionally maintains a plurality of operator-specific neighbor lists of one or more macro-cell frequencies of one or more neighboring macro-cells, where each such list is associated with a respective one of a plurality of macro-cellular networks of the MNOs. The base station transmits, to the UE, a message including a selected one of the operator-specific neighbor lists associated with an identified one of the mobile network operators of the UE.

    Inter-AMF connected mode handover optimization

    公开(公告)号:US11825361B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17521280

    申请日:2021-11-08

    CPC classification number: H04W36/0072 H04W36/08

    Abstract: A target Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) switches the path for network traffic to a User Equipment (UE) in an inter-AMF mobility event. The target AMF obtains a path switch request from a target next generation Node B (gNB). The path switch request includes a UE identifier and a source AMF identifier. The target AMF compares the source AMF identifier with a target AMF identifier, and responsive to a determination that the source AMF identifier is different than the target AMF identifier, the target AMF provides a UE context transfer request to the source AMF. The target AMF obtains the UE context from the source AMF and processes the path switch request to update a core network path for a session of the UE. The target AMF also provides a path switch response to the target gNB.

    Dual access and mobility management function support for supporting optimized 5G core deployments

    公开(公告)号:US11800346B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17358193

    申请日:2021-06-25

    CPC classification number: H04W8/12 H04W48/18 H04W60/04

    Abstract: A first access and mobility management function (AMF) in a network receives, from user equipment (UE), a registration request listing a first network slice and a second network slice. Upon determining that the first AMF supports the first, but not the second, network slice, the first AMF causes selection of (i) the first AMF as a session and mobility management (SM)-AMF to perform mobility management, and first session management signaling for the first network slice; and (ii) a second AMF as a session management only (SO)-AMF to perform only second session management signaling for the second network slice. The first AMF, acting as SM-AMF, performs the first session management signaling for a first data session on the first network slice, while the second AMF, acting as SO-AMF, performs only the second session management signaling for a second data session on the second network slice.

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