US 11,991,774 B2
Method and apparatus for handling emergency services in a wireless network
Kundan Tiwari, Bangalore (IN); and Lalith Kumar, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,565.
Application 17/657,565 is a continuation of application No. 16/903,092, filed on Jun. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,297,680.
Claims priority of application No. 201941024005 (IN), filed on Jun. 17, 2019; and application No. 201941024005 (IN), filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232670 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/50 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/50 (2018.02) [H04W 36/0085 (2018.08); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
determining whether the UE needs to initiate an emergency service, and the UE supports accessing a public land mobile network (PLMN), and a standalone non-public network (SNPN) supports the emergency service;
stopping operating in a SNPN access mode based on a determination that the UE needs to initiate the emergency service, the UE supports accessing the PLMN, and the SNPN does not support the emergency service; and
camping on a cell of the PLMN for the emergency service.