Method and Apparatus for Subscribing Change Notification of Network Function

    公开(公告)号:US20240259276A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18631163

    申请日:2024-04-10

    CPC classification number: H04L41/342 H04L43/08 H04L43/20 H04W24/08

    Abstract: A method for subscribing to notification of a change of a network function may comprise: transmitting a subscription message to a monitoring network function; and receiving a notification from the monitoring network function to notify a change from the network function whose status is required to be monitored. The subscription message indicates a type of the network function, and further indicates an attribute of the network function. The attribute comprises a serving scope indicating one or more target served area of the network function whose status is required to be monitored. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a simple and fast implementation for subscribing notification of change of network function may be achieved. Particularly, both the response time and the accuracy of the notification about a change of a subscribed network function may be improved.

    Method and Apparatus for Signaling Session Terminations in a Communication Network

    公开(公告)号:US20230021904A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17786299

    申请日:2019-12-19

    Abstract: Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions in a communication network (10) provide logical interconnections between Data Networks (DNs) (16) and respective User Equipments (UEs) (12) that access the DNs (16) via the communication network (10), and the communication network (10) establishes one or more affiliated sessions in conjunction with each PDU session, such as an affiliated charging or policy control session. Rather than requiring the high signaling overhead associated with mass terminations of these affiliated sessions on a per session basis, the Network Functions (NFs) (32, 34, 36) contemplated herein provide for batch termination of a potentially large plurality affiliated sessions, based on the exchange of a corresponding batch termination message. Disclosed batch termination techniques include the exchange of information during session establishment, for later determination of which affiliated sessions are subject to batch termination.

    Method and apparatus for establishing volte call

    公开(公告)号:US10149346B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15512162

    申请日:2014-10-31

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing a Voice over LTE (Long Term Evolution) (VoLTE) call in a communication network are provided. After a request for establishing a VoLTE call is received, a user equipment (UE) involved in the VoLTE call that is in LTE coverage can be identified. One or more dummy messages are send to the identified UE after the VoLTE call enters into ringing phase. An interval between successive dummy messages is shorter than a first time period set for determining whether to release radio resource for supporting the VoLTE call in LTE coverage. Sending the dummy message can be stopped if the VoLTE call is answered or is cancelled. As a consequence, time spending on establishing a VoLTE call is shortened and good performance characteristics is achieved, and signallings on networks are reduced.

    Method and apparatus for signaling session terminations in a communication network

    公开(公告)号:US12143452B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17786299

    申请日:2019-12-19

    Abstract: Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions in a communication network (10) provide logical interconnections between Data Networks (DNs) (16) and respective User Equipments (UEs) (12) that access the DNs (16) via the communication network (10), and the communication network (10) establishes one or more affiliated sessions in conjunction with each PDU session, such as an affiliated charging or policy control session. Rather than requiring the high signaling overhead associated with mass terminations of these affiliated sessions on a per session basis, the Network Functions (NFs) (32, 34, 36) contemplated herein provide for batch termination of a potentially large plurality affiliated sessions, based on the exchange of a corresponding batch termination message. Disclosed batch termination techniques include the exchange of information during session establishment, for later determination of which affiliated sessions are subject to batch termination.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING NETWORK ADDRESS PREFIX

    公开(公告)号:US20230412506A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18034796

    申请日:2021-09-27

    CPC classification number: H04L45/748 H04L45/42

    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for assigning network address prefix. A method performed by a control plane function may comprise: receiving, from a terminal device, a request for assigning a network address prefix; determining whether the network address prefix is assigned by the control plane function or a user plane function; transmitting, to the user plane function, a PFCP Session Modification Request for requesting the user plane function to assign the network address prefix, if it is determined that the network address prefix is assigned by the user plane function; receiving, from the user plane function, a PFCP Session Modification Response including an assigned network address prefix; and transmitting the assigned network address prefix to the terminal device. The specific procedure for the terminal device to obtain the network address prefix from a network entity not directly requested by the terminal device may be defined.

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