US 12,219,516 B2
Method and apparatus for registration
Fengpei Zhang, Guangzhou (CN); Sandeep Akhouri, Guangzhou (CN); and Yun Zhang, Guangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolagget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/613,541
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/091595
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/238756, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174637 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/00 (2013.01) [H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 8/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method at a network exposure function entity of a network, the method comprising the network exposure function entity:
determining that a user equipment (UE) has attached to the network;
sending a UE reachability notification including an identifier of the UE to a gateway device, the UE reachability notification being usable by the gateway device to send a registration update request to a server in which the UE has registered;
receiving a registration request without an identifier of the UE from the UE, the registration request further including a binding mode of Non-Internet protocol (Non-IP), a lifetime of the registration, and a payload;
sending the registration request together with the identifier of the UE to the gateway device, wherein the identifier of the UE is added by the gateway device into the registration request and the registration request including the identifier of the UE is sent by the gateway device to a server;
receiving a registration response from the gateway device; and
sending the registration response to the UE.