US 12,114,239 B2
Apparatus for controlling sensor-based network access and method therefor
Dongjin Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SK TELECOM CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK Telecom Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,992.
Application 17/702,992 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/013613, filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0125255 (KR), filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217512 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/38 (2018.02) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling network access, comprising:
an access and mobility management function module (AMF) providing, to a user equipment (UE), information about permissible sensors supporting a sensor-based network access from among sensors possessed by the UE; and
a performance management module storing the permissible sensor information,
wherein the AMF is configured to:
upon receiving a list of the sensors possessed by the UE from the UE,
extract, from the performance management module, the permissible sensor information including a list of the permissible sensors and a permissible condition for permitting network access through the permissible sensors.