	US 11,706,688 B2
	Method and apparatus for registration type addition for service negotiation
Youngkyo Baek, Seoul (KR); Jungje Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hoyeon Lee, Seoul (KR); and Sunghoon Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/113,714.
Application 17/113,714 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,166, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,863,412.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0054432 (KR), filed on Apr. 27, 2017; and application No. 10-2017-0114984 (KR), filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0092665 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 40/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/36 (2009.01); H04W 8/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 40/20 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 40/36 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A method performed by a policy control function (PCF) entity in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from an application function (AF) entity, a first message including information for selecting a user plane function (UPF) entity for traffic routing of a terminal and information on a spatial condition associated with a location of the terminal; transmitting, to a session management function (SMF) entity, a second message to receive information associated with the location of the terminal, wherein the information associated with the location of the terminal indicates that the terminal entered or left a specific area, and the second message includes information on the specific area determined by the PCF entity based on the spatial condition; receiving, from the SMF entity, a third message including the information associated with the location of the terminal; and transmitting, to the SMF entity, a fourth message based on the information associated with the location of the terminal included in the third message, the fourth message including the information for selecting the UPF entity for traffic routing of the terminal.