| CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04W 76/20 (2018.02)] | 8 Claims |

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1. A method of a session management function (SMF) entity in a communication system, comprising:
performing a packet data unit (PDU) session establishment procedure or a first PDU session modification procedure;
identifying that an ultra reliable low latency communication (URLLC) quality of service (QOS) flow established via a second PDU session modification procedure is created in a PDU session, wherein the URLLC QOS flow requires an always-on PDU session; and
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a PDU session modification command message for the second PDU session modification procedure, wherein the PDU session modification command message includes an indicator indicating that the PDU session is the always-on PDU session based on identifying that the URLLC QOS flow is created in the PDU session, in case that the indicator has not been transmitted to the UE in the PDU session establishment procedure or the first PDU session modification procedure.
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