US 12,224,899 B2
Apparatus and method for performing onboarding procedure for remote provisioning
Jihoon Sung, Daejeon (KR); Soohwan Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Myung Ki Shin, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,934.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0060163 (KR), filed on May 10, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0068440 (KR), filed on May 27, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0145459 (KR), filed on Oct. 28, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0056609 (KR), filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360493 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/18 (2018.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal for performing an onboarding procedure for remote provisioning, the terminal comprising:
a processor, a memory, and a communication device, wherein the processor executes a program stored in the memory to perform:
receiving an onboarding enabled indication from at least one onboarding network through the communication device;
selecting an onboarding network based on the onboarding enabled indication and onboarding network selection information configured in the terminal; and
attempting registration for the selected onboarding network through the communication device,
wherein the onboarding network selection information includes include stand-alone Non-Public Network (SNPN) network identifiers and Group IDs for Network selection (GINs).
wherein when a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) is selected as the onboarding network, the terminal uses PLMN credentials, and
wherein when the terminal does not have a provisioning server (PVS) IP address or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (PVS FQDN) after establishing a restricted protocol data unit (PDU) session used for onboarding, user equipment (UE) configuration data for UP remote provisioning is provided to a mobile management function (AMF) of the onboarding network by a default credential sever (DCS) as a part of an authentication procedure, and then sent to a SMF session management function (SMF) by the AMF through a PDU session establishment request.