Handling of selected n3IWF or TNGF not compatible with allowed nssai in non-3GPP mobile communications
The proposed UE operations for handling N3IWF or TNGF incompatibilities with NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications address undefined behaviors, enabling efficient re-establishment of registration and selection processes for seamless network connectivity.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2025/077779
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2024-04-02
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-18
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-09
AI Technical Summary
In non-3GPP mobile communications, the handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF that is not compatible with an allowed NSSAI results in undefined UE behavior when receiving cause #81 or #82 from an incorrect cell, necessitating a solution to manage such incompatibilities effectively.
The proposed solution involves UE operations responsive to receiving a reject message, including timer management, counter handling, state changes, and selection procedures for PLMN or SNPN, as well as disabling N1 mode capability, to handle N3IWF or TNGF incompatibilities.
This approach enables effective handling of N3IWF or TNGF incompatibilities by guiding UE actions to re-establish registration and selection processes, ensuring seamless communication in non-3GPP mobile networks.
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HANDLING OF SELECTED N3IWF OR TNGF NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ALLOWED NSSAI IN NON-3GPP MOBILE COMMUNICATIONSCROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION (S)
[0001] The present disclosure claims the priority benefit of Indian Patent Application No. 202421027389, filed 02 April 2024, the content of which herein being incorporated by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure is generally related to mobile communications and, more particularly, to handling of a selected non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) Interworking Function (N3IWF) or Trusted Non-3GPP Gateway Function (TNGF) being not compatible with an allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) in non-3GPP mobile communications.BACKGROUND
[0003] In wireless communications such as mobile communications under the current 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specification, if an Access &Mobility Management Function (AMF) receives a mobility and periodic registration update request from a user equipment (UE) over a non-3GPP access and detects that the N3IWF used by the UE is not compatible with an allowed NSSAI and that the UE has indicated its support for slice-based N3IWF selection in the REGISTRATION REQUEST message, the AMF may send a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5th Generation Mobility Management (5GMM) cause #81 "Selected N3IWF is not compatible with the allowed NSSAI" and may provide information for a suitable N3IWF in the REGISTRATION REJECT message indicating the suitable N3IWF that is compatible with the requested NSSAI. Moreover, if the AMF receives the mobility and periodic registration update request over the non-3GPP access and detects that the TNGF used by the UE is not compatible with the allowed NSSAI and that the UE has indicated its support for slice-based TNGF selection in the REGISTRATION REQUEST message, the AMF may send a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5GMM cause #82 "Selected TNGF is not compatible with the allowed NSSAI" and may provide information for a suitable Trusted Non-3GPP Access Network (TNAN) in the TNAN information element (IE) in the REGISTRATION REJECT message indicating the suitable TNGF that is compatible with the requested NSSAI.
[0004] However, at the time of the present invention, UE behavior is undefined when the UE receives the cause #81 or #82 when the cause is received from an incorrect cell (e.g., a 3GPP cell or a standalone non-public network (SNPN) cell) . Therefore, there is a need for a solution of handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications.SUMMARY
[0005] The following summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be limiting in any way. That is, the following summary is provided to introduce concepts, highlights, benefits, and advantages of the novel and non-obvious techniques described herein. Select implementations are further described below in the detailed description. Thus, the following summary is not intended to identify essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended for use in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
[0006] An objective of the present disclosure is to propose solutions or schemes that address the issue (s) described herein. More specifically, various schemes proposed in the present disclosure are believed to provide solutions pertaining to handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications. It is believed that implementations of one or more of the schemes proposed herein may address or otherwise alleviate the issues described above.
[0007] In one aspect, a method may involve a UE receiving a reject message from a network indicating a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI. The method may also involve the UE performing an operation responsive to receiving the reject message.
[0008] In another aspect, an apparatus may include a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly and a processor coupled to the transceiver. The processor may receive a reject message from a network indicating a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI. The processor may also perform an operation responsive to receiving the reject message.
[0009] It is noteworthy that, although the description provided herein may be in the context of certain radio access technologies, networks, and network topologies such as 5th Generation (5G) / New Radio (NR) / Beyond Fifth-Generation (B5G) mobile communications, the proposed concepts, schemes and any variation (s) / derivative (s) thereof may be implemented in, for and by other types of radio access technologies, networks and network topologies such as, for example and without limitation, 4th Generation (4G) / Long-Term Evolution (LTE) , LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro, Internet-of-Things (IoT) , Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) , Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) , vehicle-to-everything (V2X) , and non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications. Thus, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the examples described herein.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of the present disclosure. The drawings illustrate implementations of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. It is appreciable that the drawings are not necessarily in scale as some components may be shown to be out of proportion than the size in actual implementation in order to clearly illustrate the concept of the present disclosure.
[0011] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example network environment in which various solutions and schemes in accordance with the present disclosure may be implemented.
[0012] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an example communication system in accordance with an implementation of the present disclosure.
[0013] FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a second example process in accordance with an implementation of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED IMPLEMENTATIONS
[0014] Detailed embodiments and implementations of the claimed subject matters are disclosed herein. However, it shall be understood that the disclosed embodiments and implementations are merely illustrative of the claimed subject matters which may be embodied in various forms. The present disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the exemplary embodiments and implementations set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments and implementations are provided so that description of the present disclosure is thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art. In the description below, details of well-known features and techniques may be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the presented embodiments and implementations. Overview
[0015] Implementations in accordance with the present disclosure relate to various techniques, methods, schemes and / or solutions pertaining to handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications. According to the present disclosure, a number of possible solutions may be implemented separately or jointly. That is, although these possible solutions may be described below separately, two or more of these possible solutions may be implemented in one combination or another.
[0016] FIG. 1 illustrates an example network environment 100 in which various solutions and schemes in accordance with the present disclosure may be implemented. FIG. 2 ~ FIG. 3 illustrate examples of implementation of various proposed schemes in network environment 100 in accordance with the present disclosure. The following description of various proposed schemes is provided with reference to FIG. 1 ~ FIG. 3.
[0017] Referring to FIG. 1, network environment 100 may involve a UE 110, such as a mobile device or smartphone, in wireless communication with a wireless network 120 as part of a communication network. The wireless network 120 may be a PLMN including 5G / NR domain and 4G / LTE domain. UE 110 may initially be in wireless communication with wireless network 120 via a base station or network node 125 (e.g., an eNB, gNB or transmit-receive point (TRP) ) . In network environment 100, UE 110 and the wireless network 120 may implement various schemes pertaining to handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications in accordance with the present disclosure, as described herein.
[0018] It is noteworthy that, while the various proposed schemes may be individually or separately described below, in actual implementations some or all of the proposed schemes may be utilized or otherwise implemented jointly. Of course, each of the proposed schemes may be utilized or otherwise implemented individually or separately. Moreover, as used herein, a lower layer may refer to a layer in the 5GMM protocol stack that is lower than the radio resource control (RRC) layer, such as a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a radio control link (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, a physical (PHY) layer, or so forth.
[0019] Under the current 3GPP specification, upon receiving the 5GMM cause #81 (Selected N3IWF is not compatible with the allowed NSSAI) , UE 110 is to abort an initial registration procedure, set a 5th Generation System (5GS) update status to 5U2 NOT UPDATED and enter state 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION or 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH. Additionally, UE 110 is to reset a registration attempt counter. If the N3IWF identifier IE is included in the REGISTRATION REJECT message and UE 110 supports slice-based N3IWF selection, UE 110 may use the provided N3IWF identifier IE in N3IWF selection as specified in 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 24.502 prior to an immediate consecutive initial registration attempt to the network, otherwise UE 110 is to ignore the N3IWF identifier IE. Moreover, upon receiving the 5GMM cause #82 (Selected TNGF is not compatible with the allowed NSSAI) , UE 110 is to abort the initial registration procedure, set the 5GS update status to 5U2 NOT UPDATED and enter state 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION or 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH. Additionally, UE 110 is to reset the registration attempt counter. If the TNAN information IE is included in the REGISTRATION REJECT message and UE 110 supports slice-based TNGF selection, UE 110 may use the provided TNAN information IE in TNAN selection as specified in 3GPP TS 24.502 prior to an immediate consecutive registration attempt to the network, otherwise UE 110 is to ignore the TNAN information IE.
[0020] Under a proposed scheme in accordance with the present disclosure, when UE 110 receives a 5GMM cause #81 under a first condition or a 5GMM cause #82 under a second condition, UE 110 may correspondingly perform one or more operations among a plurality of operations.
[0021] For instance, UE 110 may receive a 5GMM cause #81 under any of the following possible first conditions: (a) UE 110 is not using a N3IWF; (b) the 5GMM cause #81 is received over a 3GPP access; (c) the 5GMM cause #81 is received over a wireline access; (d) UE 110 has not indicated its support of slice-based N3IWF selection in a REGISTRATION REQUEST message that UE 110 sent to network 120; or (e) the 5GMM cause #81 is received from an SNPN. Similarly, UE 110 may receive a 5GMM cause #82 under any of the following possible second conditions: (a) UE 110 is not using a TNGF; (b) the 5GMM cause #82 is received over a 3GPP access; (c) the 5GMM cause #81 is received over a wireline access; (d) UE 110 has not indicated its support of slice-based TNGF selection in the REGISTRATION REQUEST message that UE 110 sent to network 120; or (e) the 5GMM cause #82 is received from an SNPN.
[0022] Moreover, the operation (s) to be performed by UE 110 in response to receiving the 5GMM cause #81 under the first condition or the 5GMM cause #82 under the second condition may include one or more of the below-described operations.
[0023] For instance, UE 110 may stop a timer T3510, if running. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may set a registration attempt counter to 5, in an event that a registration request is neither an initial registration request for emergency services nor an initial registration request for initiating a protocol data unit (PDU) session for emergency services with request type set to "existing emergency PDU session" . Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may increment the registration attempt counter. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may start a timer T3511. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may change a state of UE 110 to 5GMM- (DE-REGISTTERED or REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION in case that the registration attempt counter is less than 5. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may, in case that the registration attempt counter is equal to 5, delete a tracking area identifier (TAI) list and a last visited registered TAI, start a timer T3502, change a 5th Generation System (5GS) update status to 5U2 NOT UPDATED, delete a 5th Generation Globally Unique Temporary UE Identity (5G-GUTI) , ngKSI and a list of equivalent PLMNs (if any) or list of equivalent standalone non-public networks (SNPNs) (if any) , and change a state of UE 110 to 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION and / or 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH and / or 5GMM-REGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH and / or 5GMM-REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION-UPDATE depending on a registered or deregistered state. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may perform a PLMN selection, SNPN selection or SNPN selection for onboarding services. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may, in case the value of timer T3502 as indicated by network 120 is zero, perform one or more actions defined for an expiry of the timer T3502. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may, in case that the procedure is performed via a 3GPP access and UE 110 is operating in a single-registration mode, handle the EPS Mobility Management (EMM) parameters EPS update status, EMM state, 4th Generation GUTI (4G-GUTI) , TAI list, last visited registered TAI, list of equivalent PLMNs and eKSI as specified in 3GPP TS 24.301 for the abnormal cases when an EPS attach procedure fails and the attach attempt counter is equal to 5. Alternatively, or additionally, UE 1110 may attempt to select an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) radio access technology and proceed with appropriate EMM specific procedures. Additionally, UE 110 may disable an N1 mode capability of UE 110.
[0024] In view of the above, as one implementational example, in case that the registration attempt counter is less than 5, if the initial registration request is not for emergency services, timer T3511 may be started and the state of UE 110 may be changed to 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION. When timer T3511 expires the registration procedure for initial registration may be restarted, if still required. On the other hand, in case that the registration attempt counter is equal to 5, UE 110 may delete TAI list and last visited registered TAI, start timer T3502 if the value of the timer as indicated by network 120 is not zero and may set the 5GS update status to 5U2 NOT UPDATED. If UE 110 is not registering or has not registered to the same PLMN over both 3GPP access and non-3GPP access, UE 110 may additionally delete 5G-GUTI, ngKSI and list of equivalent PLMNs (if any) or list of equivalent SNPNs (if any) . The state of UE 110 may be changed to 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION or optionally to 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH in order to perform a PLMN selection, SNPN selection or SNPN selection for onboarding services according to 3GPP TS 23.122. In an event that the value of T3502 as indicated by network 120 is zero, UE 110 may perform the actions defined for the expiry of the timer T3502. In an event that the procedure is performed via a 3GPP access and UE 110 is operating in a single-registration mode: (a) UE 110 may in addition handle the EMM parameters EPS update status, EMM state, 4G-GUTI, TAI list, last visited registered TAI, list of equivalent PLMNs and eKSI as specified in 3GPP TS 24.301 for the abnormal cases when an EPS attach procedure fails and the attach attempt counter is equal to 5; and (b) UE 110 may attempt to select E-UTRAN radio access technology and proceed with appropriate EMM specific procedures. Additionally, UE 110 may disable the N1 mode capability. Illustrative Implementations
[0025] FIG. 2 illustrates an example communication system 200 having at least an example apparatus 210 and an example apparatus 220 in accordance with an implementation of the present disclosure. Each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may perform various functions to implement schemes, techniques, processes and methods described herein pertaining to handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications, including the various schemes described above with respect to various proposed designs, concepts, schemes, systems and methods described above, including network environment 100, as well as processes described below.
[0026] Each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may be a part of an electronic apparatus, which may be a network apparatus or a UE (e.g., UE 110) , such as a portable or mobile apparatus, a wearable apparatus, a vehicular device or a vehicle, a wireless communication apparatus or a computing apparatus. For instance, each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may be implemented in a smartphone, a smart watch, a personal digital assistant, an electronic control unit (ECU) in a vehicle, a digital camera, or a computing equipment such as a tablet computer, a laptop computer or a notebook computer. Each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may also be a part of a machine type apparatus, which may be an IoT apparatus such as an immobile or a stationary apparatus, a home apparatus, a roadside unit (RSU) , a wire communication apparatus or a computing apparatus. For instance, each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may be implemented in a smart thermostat, a smart fridge, a smart door lock, a wireless speaker or a home control center. When implemented in or as a network apparatus, apparatus 210 and / or apparatus 220 may be implemented in an eNodeB in an LTE, LTE-Advanced or LTE-Advanced Pro network or in a gNB or TRP in a 5G network, an NR network, or an IoT network.
[0027] In some implementations, each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may be implemented in the form of one or more integrated-circuit (IC) chips such as, for example and without limitation, one or more single-core processors, one or more multi-core processors, one or more complex-instruction-set-computing (CISC) processors, or one or more reduced-instruction-set-computing (RISC) processors. In the various schemes described above, each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may be implemented in or as a network apparatus or a UE. Each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may include at least some of those components shown in FIG. 2 such as a processor 212 and a processor 222, respectively, for example. Each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may further include one or more other components not pertinent to the proposed scheme of the present disclosure (e.g., internal power supply, display device and / or user interface device) , and, thus, such component (s) of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 are neither shown in FIG. 2 nor described below in the interest of simplicity and brevity.
[0028] In one aspect, each of processor 212 and processor 222 may be implemented in the form of one or more single-core processors, one or more multi-core processors, or one or more CISC or RISC processors. That is, even though a singular term “a processor” is used herein to refer to processor 212 and processor 222, each of processor 212 and processor 222 may include multiple processors in some implementations and a single processor in other implementations in accordance with the present disclosure. In another aspect, each of processor 212 and processor 222 may be implemented in the form of hardware (and, optionally, firmware) with electronic components including, for example and without limitation, one or more transistors, one or more diodes, one or more capacitors, one or more resistors, one or more inductors, one or more memristors and / or one or more varactors that are configured and arranged to achieve specific purposes in accordance with the present disclosure. In other words, in at least some implementations, each of processor 212 and processor 222 is a special-purpose machine specifically designed, arranged, and configured to perform specific tasks including those pertaining to handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications in accordance with various implementations of the present disclosure.
[0029] In some implementations, apparatus 210 may also include a transceiver 216 coupled to processor 212. Transceiver 216 may be capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data. In some implementations, transceiver 216 may be capable of wirelessly communicating with different types of wireless networks of different radio access technologies (RATs) . In some implementations, transceiver 216 may be equipped with a plurality of antenna ports (not shown) such as, for example, four antenna ports. That is, transceiver 216 may be equipped with multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communications. In some implementations, apparatus 220 may also include a transceiver 226 coupled to processor 222. Transceiver 226 may include a transceiver capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data. In some implementations, transceiver 226 may be capable of wirelessly communicating with different types of UEs / wireless networks of different RATs. In some implementations, transceiver 226 may be equipped with a plurality of antenna ports (not shown) such as, for example, four antenna ports. That is, transceiver 226 may be equipped with multiple transmit antennas and multiple receive antennas for MIMO wireless communications.
[0030] In some implementations, apparatus 210 may further include a memory 214 coupled to processor 212 and capable of being accessed by processor 212 and storing data therein. In some implementations, apparatus 220 may further include a memory 224 coupled to processor 222 and capable of being accessed by processor 222 and storing data therein. Each of memory 214 and memory 224 may include a type of random-access memory (RAM) such as dynamic RAM (DRAM) , static RAM (SRAM) , thyristor RAM (T-RAM) and / or zero-capacitor RAM (Z-RAM) . Alternatively, or additionally, each of memory 214 and memory 224 may include a type of read-only memory (ROM) such as mask ROM, programmable ROM (PROM) , erasable programmable ROM (EPROM) and / or electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) . Alternatively, or additionally, each of memory 214 and memory 224 may include a type of non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) such as flash memory, solid-state memory, ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM) , magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) and / or phase-change memory.
[0031] Each of apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 may be a communication entity capable of communicating with each other using various proposed schemes in accordance with the present disclosure. For illustrative purposes and without limitation, a description of capabilities of apparatus 210, as a UE (e.g., UE 110) , and apparatus 220, as a network node (e.g., network node 125) of a network (e.g., wireless network 120 as a 5G / NR mobile network) , is provided below in the context of example process 300. Illustrative Processes
[0032] FIG. 3 illustrates an example process 300 in accordance with an implementation of the present disclosure. Process 300 may represent an aspect of implementing various proposed designs, concepts, schemes, systems and methods described above. More specifically, process 300 may represent an aspect of the proposed concepts and schemes pertaining to handling of a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI in non-3GPP mobile communications in accordance with the present disclosure. Process 300 may include one or more operations, actions, or functions as illustrated by one or more of blocks 310, 320 and 330. Although illustrated as discrete blocks, various blocks of process 300 may be divided into additional blocks, combined into fewer blocks, or eliminated, depending on the desired implementation. Moreover, the blocks / sub-blocks of process 300 may be executed in the order shown in FIG. 3 or, alternatively, in a different order. Furthermore, one or more of the blocks / sub-blocks of process 300 may be executed repeatedly or iteratively. Process 300 may be implemented by or in apparatus 210 and apparatus 220 as well as any variations thereof. Solely for illustrative purposes and without limiting the scope, process 300 is described below in the context of apparatus 210 as a UE (e.g., UE 110) and apparatus 220 as a communication entity such as a network node or base station (e.g., network node 125) of a network (e.g., wireless network 120) . Process 300 may begin at block 310.
[0033] At 310, process 300 may involve processor 212 of apparatus 210, as a UE, transmitting, via transceiver 216, a request message to a network (e.g., network 120 via apparatus 220 as network node 125) . The request may include a REGISTRATION REQUEST message, for example. Process 300 may proceed from 310 to 320.
[0034] At 320, process 300 may involve processor 212 receiving, via transceiver 216, a reject message from the network indicating a selected N3IWF or TNGF being not compatible with an allowed NSSAI. The reject message may include a REGISTRATION REJECT message, for example. Process 300 may proceed from 320 to 330.
[0035] At 330, process 300 may involve processor 212 performing, via transceiver 216, an operation responsive to receiving the reject message.
[0036] In some implementations, in receiving the reject message, process 300 may involve processor 212 receiving a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5GMM cause #81 indicating the selected N3IWF being not compatible with the allowed NSSAI. Moreover, in receiving the reject message, process 300 may further involve processor 212 receiving the 5GMM cause #81 when: (a) the UE is not using the N3IWF; or (b) the reject message is received over a 3GPP access; or (c) the reject message is received over a wireline access; or (d) the UE has not indicated its support of a slice-based N3IWF selection in a REGISTRATION REQUEST message that the UE sent to the network; or (e) the reject message is received from an SNPN.
[0037] In some implementations, in receiving the reject message, process 300 may involve processor 212 receiving a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5GMM cause #82 indicating the selected TNGF being not compatible with the allowed NSSAI. Moreover, in receiving the reject message, process 300 may further involve processor 212 receiving the 5GMM cause #82 when: (a) the UE is not using the N3IWF; or (b) the reject message is received over a 3GPP access; or (c) the reject message is received over a wireline access; or (d) the UE has not indicated its support of a slice-based TNGF selection in a REGISTRATION REQUEST message that the UE sent to the network; or (e) the reject message is received from an SNPN.
[0038] In some implementations, in performing the operation, process 300 may involve processor 212 starting a timer T3510 in event that the timer T3510 is running.
[0039] In some implementations, in performing the operation, process 300 may involve processor 212 setting a registration attempt counter to 5 responsive to a registration request being neither an initial registration request for an emergency service nor an initial registration request for initiating a PDU session for one or more emergency services with a request type being set to “existing emergency PDU session” .
[0040] In some implementations, in performing the operation, process 300 may involve processor 212 incrementing a registration attempt counter.
[0041] In some implementations, in performing the operation, process 300 may involve processor 212, responsive to a registration attempt counter being less than 5, starting a timer T3511 or changing a state to 5GMM-DE-REGISTERED or 5GMM-REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION.
[0042] In some implementations, in performing the operation, process 300 may involve processor 212, responsive to a registration attempt counter being equal to 5, performing one or more of the following: (1) deleting a TAI list and a last visited registered TAI; (2) starting a timer T3502; (3) setting a 5GS update status to 5U2 NOT UPDATED; (4) deleting a 5G-GUTI, ngKSI and a list of equivalent PLMNs, or a list of equivalent SNPNs; (5) setting a state of the UE to 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION or 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH or 5GMM-REGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH or 5GMM-REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION-UPDATE depending on a registered or deregistered state; (6) performing a PLMN selection, SNPN selection or SNPN selection for onboarding services; (7) responsive to a value of a timer T3502 as indicated by the network being zero, performing one or more actions defined for an expiry of the timer T3502; (8) responsive to a registration procedure being performed via a 3GPP access and the UE operating in a single-registration mode, handling an EMM parameters EPS update status, EMM state, 4G-GUTI, TAI list, last visited registered TAI, list of equivalent PLMNs and eKSI as specified in a 3GPP TS 24.301 when an EPS attach procedure fails and an attach attempt counter is equal to 5; (9) attempting to select an E-UTRAN radio access technology and proceeding with an EMM specific procedures; and (10) disabling an N1 mode capability of the UE. Additional Notes
[0043] The herein-described subject matter sometimes illustrates different components contained within, or connected with, different other components. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures are merely examples, and that in fact many other architectures can be implemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality is effectively "associated" such that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve a particular functionality can be seen as "associated with" each other such that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective of architectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components so associated can also be viewed as being "operably connected" , or "operably coupled" , to each other to achieve the desired functionality, and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewed as being "operably couplable" , to each other to achieve the desired functionality. Specific examples of operably couplable include but are not limited to physically mateable and / or physically interacting components and / or wirelessly interactable and / or wirelessly interacting components and / or logically interacting and / or logically interactable components.
[0044] Further, with respect to the use of substantially any plural and / or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and / or from the singular to the plural as is appropriate to the context and / or application. The various singular / plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity.
[0045] Moreover, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims, e.g., bodies of the appended claims, are generally intended as “open” terms, e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to, ” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least, ” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to, ” etc. It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases "at least one" and "one or more" to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles "a" or "an" limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to implementations containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases "one or more" or "at least one" and indefinite articles such as "a" or "an, " e.g., “a” and / or “an” should be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more; ” the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should be interpreted to mean at least the recited number, e.g., the bare recitation of "two recitations, " without other modifiers, means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations. Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc. ” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention, e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and / or A, B, and C together, etc. In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc. ” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention, e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and / or A, B, and C together, etc. It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and / or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B. ”
[0046] From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that various implementations of the present disclosure have been described herein for purposes of illustration, and that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the various implementations disclosed herein are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims.
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1.A method, comprising:receiving, by a processor of a user equipment (UE) , a reject message from a network indicating a selected non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) Interworking Function (N3IWF) or Trusted Non-3GPP Gateway Function (TNGF) being not compatible with an allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) ; andperforming, by the processor, an operation responsive to receiving the reject message.2.The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the reject message comprises receiving a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5th Generation Mobility Management (5GMM) cause #81 indicating the selected N3IWF being not compatible with the allowed NSSAI.3.The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving of the reject message further comprises receiving the 5GMM cause #81 when:the UE is not using the N3IWF; orthe reject message is received over a 3GPP access; orthe reject message is received over a wireline access; orthe UE has not indicated its support of a slice-based N3IWF selection in a REGISTRATION REQUEST message that the UE sent to the network; orthe reject message is received from a standalone non-public network (SNPN) .4.The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the reject message comprises receiving a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5th Generation Mobility Management (5GMM) cause #82 indicating the selected TNGF being not compatible with the allowed NSSAI.5.The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving of the reject message further comprises receiving the 5GMM cause #82 when:the UE is not using the TNGF; orthe reject message is received over a 3GPP access; orthe reject message is received over a wireline access; orthe UE has not indicated its support of a slice-based TNGF selection in a REGISTRATION REQUEST message that the UE sent to the network; orthe reject message is received from a standalone non-public network (SNPN) .6.The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the operation comprises starting a timer T3510 in event that the timer T3510 is running.7.The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the operation comprises setting a registration attempt counter to 5 responsive to a registration request being neither an initial registration request for an emergency service nor an initial registration request for initiating a protocol data unit (PDU) session for one or more emergency services with a request type being set to “existing emergency PDU session” .8.The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the operation comprises incrementing a registration attempt counter.9.The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the operation comprises, responsive to a registration attempt counter being less than 5, starting a timer T3511 or changing a state to 5GMM-DE-REGISTERED or 5GMM-REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION.10.The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the operation comprises, responsive to a registration attempt counter being equal to 5, performing one or more of:deleting a tracking area identifier (TAI) list and a last visited registered TAI;starting a timer T3502;setting a 5th Generation System (5GS) update status to 5U2 NOT UPDATED;deleting a 5th Generation Globally Unique Temporary UE Identity (5G-GUTI) , ngKSI and a list of equivalent public land mobile networks (PLMNs) , or a list of equivalent SNPNs;setting a state of the UE to 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION or 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH or 5GMM-REGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH or 5GMM-REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION-UPDATE depending on a registered or deregistered state;performing a PLMN selection, SNPN selection or SNPN selection for onboarding services;responsive to a value of a timer T3502 as indicated by the network being zero, performing one or more actions defined for an expiry of the timer T3502;responsive to a registration procedure being performed via a 3GPP access and the UE operating in a single-registration mode, handling an Evolved Packet System (EPS) Mobility Management (EMM) parameters EPS update status, EMM state, 4th Generation GUTI (4G-GUTI) , TAI list, last visited registered TAI, list of equivalent PLMNs and eKSI as specified in a 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 24.301 when an EPS attach procedure fails and an attach attempt counter is equal to 5;attempting to select an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) radio access technology and proceeding with an EMM specific procedures; anddisabling an N1 mode capability of the UE.11.An apparatus implementable in a user equipment (UE) , comprising:a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly; anda processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:receiving, via the transceiver, a reject message from a network indicating a selected non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) Interworking Function (N3IWF) or Trusted Non-3GPP Gateway Function (TNGF) being not compatible with an allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) ; andperforming, via the transceiver, an operation responsive to receiving the reject message.12.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the receiving of the reject message comprises receiving a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5th Generation Mobility Management (5GMM) cause #81 indicating the selected N3IWF being not compatible with the allowed NSSAI.13.The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the receiving of the reject message further comprises receiving the 5GMM cause #81 when:the UE is not using the N3IWF; orthe reject message is received over a 3GPP access; orthe reject message is received over a wireline access; orthe UE has not indicated its support of a slice-based N3IWF selection in a REGISTRATION REQUEST message that the UE sent to the network; orthe reject message is received from a standalone non-public network (SNPN) .14.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the receiving of the reject message comprises receiving a REGISTRATION REJECT message with a 5th Generation Mobility Management (5GMM) cause #82 indicating the selected TNGF being not compatible with the allowed NSSAI.15.The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the receiving of the reject message further comprises receiving the 5GMM cause #82 when:the UE is not using the TNGF; orthe reject message is received over a 3GPP access; orthe reject message is received over a wireline access; orthe UE has not indicated its support of a slice-based TNGF selection in a REGISTRATION REQUEST message that the UE sent to the network; orthe reject message is received from a standalone non-public network (SNPN) .16.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the performing of the operation comprises starting a timer T3510 in event that the timer T3510 is running.17.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the performing of the operation comprises setting a registration attempt counter to 5 responsive to a registration request being neither an initial registration request for an emergency service nor an initial registration request for initiating a protocol data unit (PDU) session for one or more emergency services with a request type being set to “existing emergency PDU session” .18.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the performing of the operation comprises incrementing a registration attempt counter.19.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the performing of the operation comprises, responsive to a registration attempt counter being less than 5, starting a timer T3511 or changing a state to 5GMM-DE-REGISTERED or 5GMM-REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION.20.The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the performing of the operation comprises, responsive to a registration attempt counter being equal to 5, performing one or more of:deleting a tracking area identifier (TAI) list and a last visited registered TAI;starting a timer T3502;setting a 5th Generation System (5GS) update status to 5U2 NOT UPDATED;deleting a 5th Generation Globally Unique Temporary UE Identity (5G-GUTI) , ngKSI and a list of equivalent public land mobile networks (PLMNs) , or a list of equivalent SNPNs;setting a state of the UE to 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION or 5GMM-DEREGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH or 5GMM-REGISTERED. PLMN-SEARCH or 5GMM-REGISTERED. ATTEMPTING-REGISTRATION-UPDATE depending on a registered or deregistered state;performing a PLMN selection, SNPN selection or SNPN selection for onboarding services;responsive to a value of a timer T3502 as indicated by the network being zero, performing one or more actions defined for an expiry of the timer T3502;responsive to a registration procedure being performed via a 3GPP access and the UE operating in a single-registration mode, handling an Evolved Packet System (EPS) Mobility Management (EMM) parameters EPS update status, EMM state, 4th Generation GUTI (4G-GUTI) , TAI list, last visited registered TAI, list of equivalent PLMNs and eKSI as specified in a 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) 24.301 when an EPS attach procedure fails and an attach attempt counter is equal to 5;attempting to select an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) radio access technology and proceeding with an EMM specific procedures; anddisabling an N1 mode capability of the UE.
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