US 12,231,879 B2
Operating method for AUSF and UDM for authentication and authorization for each network slice
Hyunsook Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/625,309
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/014297
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/167200, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0021235 (KR), filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386120 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 48/08 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first device related to an authentication server function, the method comprising:
requesting, by the first device from a second device related to a unified data management, serving access mobility management function information for a User Equipment (UE);
receiving, by the first device from the second device, i) first information informing that there is no serving access mobility management function expected for the UE and ii) second information informing maintenance of network slice-specific authentication and authorization events for the UE;
managing the network slice-specific authentication and authorization events for the UE based on the first information and the second information;
receiving, by the first device from the second device, third information regarding a new serving access mobility management function for the UE; and
transmitting, by the first device to a third device related to the new serving access mobility management function, the network slice-specific authentication and authorization events for the UE which have been managed and used for the third device to perform UE configuration update and/or a network slice-specific authentication and authorization.