US 11,877,351 B2
Provision GPSI pertaining to PDU session(s)
Yong Yang, Kållered (SE); and Yunjie Lu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,576.
Application 17/946,576 is a continuation of application No. 17/607,752, granted, now 11,496,889, previously published as PCT/EP2020/061382, filed on Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,309, filed on May 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074415 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/26 (2013.01) [H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method by an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF, node, acting as a network function, NF, consumer operative in a Fifth Generation System, 5GS, that comprises a User Equipment, UE, associated with a Subscriber Permanent Identifier, SUPI, that is associated with subscription data of the UE, the method comprises:
sending towards a Session Management Function, SMF, node acting as a NF service producer, a request relating to a Protocol Data Unit, PDU, Session of the UE and comprising a Request Type that is set to Existing PDU Session; and
receiving, from the SMF node, a response comprising a Generic Public Subscription Identifier, GPSI, associated with the PDU session of the UE, which UE is associated with the SUPI and which GPSI is an external identifier to be used in networks outside the 5GS for addressing the subscription data of the UE.