Patent ID: 11956756
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A network system including a core network control plane, the core network control plane comprising:
a first control plane function entity; and
an access and mobility management function in communication with the first control plane function entity, the access and mobility management function configured to carry out a method including:
determining a plurality of control plane function entities for a terminal device, wherein each control plane function entity among the plurality of control plane function entities is configured to serve the terminal device;
determining that the terminal device is in an idle state;
receiving a first service invocation request from the first control plane function entity among the plurality of control plane function entities, wherein the first service invocation request comprises a first allocation retention priority (ARP), and wherein the first service invocation request is used to request the access and mobility management function to page the terminal device determined to be in the idle state; and
processing, in accordance with the determining that the terminal device is in the idle state, the first service invocation request, by:
rejecting the first service invocation request in accordance with the first ARP being less than or equal to a level of a highest priority ARP of another service invocation request, among service invocation requests already processed by the access and mobility management function for the plurality of control plane function entities, used to request the access and mobility management function to page the terminal device determined to be in the idle state; and
accepting the first service invocation request in accordance with the first ARP being greater than the level of the highest priority ARP of another service invocation request, among service invocation requests already processed by the access and mobility management function for the plurality of control plane function entities, used to request the access and mobility management function to page the terminal device determined to be in the idle state.