Patent SG-11201909117S-A (SG)
Title: Relocation of access and mobility management function (amf) upon a network-triggered change of network slices supported for a user equipment
Inventor: FACCIN STEFANO
IPC: H04W60/04
Filed: 2018-04-27
Abstract: 315 Identify modification to ni curent-allowed nutwork sliad(s) Idendfy mew- allowed network slice(s) \325 W O 20 18/ 21296 4 Al Reiease PDU SeS ons 360 FIG. 3 Configuration request message (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 22 November 2018 (22.11.2018) WIPO I PCT ~ill IIIIIIIIIImillIVIIIIIIIHo DVIIIIIIIilDIII oilooimiflo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/212964 Al (51) International Patent Classification: H04W 36/14 (2009.01) H04W 60/04 (2009.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/029932 (22) International Filing Date: 27 April 2018 (27.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/505,904 13 May 2017 (13.05.2017) US 15/963,654 26 April 2018 (26.04.2018) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: FACCIN, Stefano; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). CHAPONNIERE, Lenaig Genevieve; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Published: California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: KARREN, J. Scott; Holland & Hart LLP, P.O. Box 11583, Salt Lake City, Utah 84147 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). — with international search report (Art. 2 I (3)) (54) Title: RELOCATION OF ACCESS AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION (AMF) UPON A NETWORK-TRIG- GERED CHANGE OF NETWORK SLICES SUPPORTED FOR A USER EQUIPMENT (57) : Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A method may include determining to modify current-allowed network slices used by a user equipment (UE) based on a network-trigger; identifying new-allowed network slices for the UE based on the determining; selecting a target access and mobility management function (AMF) based on the new-allowed network slices, the target AMF is accessible by the source AMF; and triggering an AMF relocation based on the selecting.