De-registration method in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11076376-B2
Application number	US-202016915451-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2020
Priority date	Nov 27, 2016
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a network-initiated deregistration method by an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a wireless communication system, including: receiving a first message having a removal reason configured to subscription withdrawn from a unified data management (UDM); and transmitting a deregistration request message for requesting the deregistration to a user equipment (UE), in which the deregistration is enabled to be performed for all accesses in which the UE is registered when the removal cause received from the UDM through the first message indicates the subscription withdrawn of the UE.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of performing, by an access and mobility management function (AMF), an AMF-initiated deregistration procedure in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a unified data management (UDM), a first message for requesting a removal of a subscriber's registration management (RM) context and at least one protocol data unit (PDU) session of a user equipment (UE),
wherein the first message includes a reason of the removal, and an access type informing a target access for the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure;
performing the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure for both a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access and a non-3GPP access upon receiving the first message in which (i) the reason of the removal is set to a subscription withdrawn of the UE, and (ii) the access type informs both the 3GPP access and the non-3GPP access as the target access; and
transmitting, to the UE, a second message for requesting the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure, the second message including the access type informing both the 3GPP access and the non-3GPP access as the target access.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to a radio access network (RAN), a third message for releasing an N2 signaling connection, the third message including information for a cause set to the deregistration,
wherein the third message is transmitted, based on that (i) the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure is performed over the 3GPP access and (ii) there is the N2 signaling connection between the UE and the RAN.

3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein, the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure is either explicit or implicit, and
wherein based on the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure being explicit, the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure is performed by an orientation and mobility (O&M) intervention.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
paging the UE based on the second message being transmitted through the 3GPP access and the UE being in a connection management (CM)-IDLE state in the 3GPP access.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message further includes a subscriber permanent identifier (SUPI) of the UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the UDM, a first deregistration response message in response to the first message.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
requesting a session management function (SMF) to release an established PDU session.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the requesting of the release of the established PDU session includes transmitting a fourth message for requesting the release of the established PDU session to the SMF.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the fourth message includes the SUPI and an identifier of the PDU session to be released.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the SMF is a network entity that releases an internet protocol (IP) address or prefix allocated to the PDU session to be released and releases user plane resources corresponding to the PDU session to be released.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein:
the SMF is a network entity that transmits an N4 session release request message for requesting the release of an N4 session to a user plane function (UPF), and
the UPF is a network entity that releases all tunnel resources and contexts associated with the N4 session.

12. An access and mobility management function (AMF) performing an AMF-initiated deregistration procedure in a wireless communication system, the AMF comprising:
a transceiver;
at least one processor; and
at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a unified data management (UDM), a first message for requesting a removal of a subscriber's registration management (RM) context and at least one protocol data unit (PDU) session of a user equipment (UE),
wherein the first message includes a reason of the removal, and an access type informing a target access for the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure;
performing the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure for both a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) access and a non-3GPP access upon receiving the first message in which (i) the reason of the removal is set to a subscription withdrawn of the UE, and (ii) the access type informs both the 3GPP access and the non-3GPP access as the target access; and
transmitting, to the UE, a second message for requesting the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure, the second message including the access type informing both the 3GPP access and the non-3GPP access as the target access.

13. The AMF of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting, to a radio access network (RAN), a third message for releasing an N2 signaling connection, the third message including information for cause set to the deregistration,
wherein the third message is transmitted, based on that (i) the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure is performed over the 3GPP access and (ii) there is the N2 signaling connection between the UE and the RAN.

14. The AMF of claim 12 ,
wherein, the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure is either explicit or implicit, and
wherein based on the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure being explicit, the AMF-initiated deregistration procedure is performed by an orientation and mobility (O&M) intervention.

15. The AMF of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
paging the UE based on the second message being transmitted through the 3GPP access and the UE being in a connection management (CM)-IDLE state in the 3GPP access.

16. The AMF of claim 12 , wherein the first message further includes a subscriber permanent identifier (SUPI) of the UE.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Youn Myungjune
• Kim Laeyoung
• Ryu Jinsook

Classifications

• H04W36/1443

  between licensed networks · CPC title

• H04W60/06 Primary

  De-registration or detaching · CPC title

• H04W76/30

  Connection release · CPC title

• H04W76/32

  Release of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W8/18

  Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title