Patent ID: 11889584
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A network component implementing a unified data management (UDM) function of a core network, comprising:
one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
initiating a user equipment (UE) parameter update for a routing indicator update, the routing indicator update comprising updating an old routing indicator being used by the UE to a new routing indicator, wherein the old routing indicator is associated with an old unified data management (UDM) instance and an old authentication server function (AUSF) instance and the new routing indicator is associated with a new UDM instance and a new AUSF instance;
sending a transmission including an indication of the UE parameter update to an access and mobility management function (AMF) of the core network;
receiving an indication from the AMF that the UE is not reachable; and
setting a status of the routing indicator update to pending in response to the indication from the AMF that the UE is not reachable.