US 11,871,460 B2
Domain name system (DNS)-based discovery of regulatory requirements for non-3GPP inter-working function (N3IWF) selection
Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde, Portland, OR (US); Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Paris (FR); and Abhijeet Kolekar, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/174,125.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,990, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0168881 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media (NTCRM) having instructions, stored thereon, that when executed by one or more processors cause a user equipment (UE) to:
identify a non-3GPP inter-working function (N3IWF) for use to connect with a standalone non-public network (SNPN) in a first country;
determine a requirement of whether a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) in which the UE is located requires selection of N3IWF in a second country associated with the VPLMN;
determine to connect to the SNPN if it is determined that the VPLMN does not require selection of the N3IWF in the second country; and
determine not to connect to the SNPN if it is determined that the VPLMN does require selection of the N3IWF in the second country.