US 12,089,176 B2
User equipment and method for handling user equipment onboarding
Mei-Ju Shih, Taipei (TW); Yung-Lan Tseng, Taipei (TW); and Hung-Chen Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Filed by FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,148, filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312359 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/00 (2013.01) [H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for handling user equipment (UE) onboarding performed by a UE, the method comprising:
receiving a first indication, a second indication, and a third indication from a cell via a system information block type 1 (SIB1), the cell operated by one or more stand-alone non-public networks (SNPNs);
reporting, by an access stratum (AS) layer of the UE, the first indication, the second indication, and the third indication to a non-access stratum (NAS) layer of the UE;
receiving, by the AS layer of the UE, an indication for UE onboarding from the NAS layer of the UE; and
transmitting a first radio resource control (RRC) message to the cell, the first RRC message including an onboarding request associated with the indication for UE onboarding, wherein:
the first indication indicates whether each particular SNPN of the one or more SNPNs operating the cell supports access using credentials provided by a separate entity that does not operate the cell;
the second indication indicates whether each particular SNPN of the one or more SNPNs operating the cell allows registrations from UEs that are not explicitly configured to select the particular SNPN; and
the third indication indicates whether each particular SNPN of the one or more SNPNs operating the cell supports the UE onboarding.