US 12,445,950 B2
Indicating a network for a remote unit
Andreas Kunz, Ladenburg (DE); Genadi Velev, Darmstadt (DE); Apostolis Salkintzis, Athens (GR); and Dimitrios Karampatsis, Ruislip (GB)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park (SG)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,685.
Application 17/850,685 is a continuation of application No. 16/755,486, granted, now 11,375,444, previously published as PCT/EP2017/083384, filed on Dec. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338115 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for performing an access and mobility management function (AMF), the apparatus comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive a first message comprising a registration request associated with a user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises an indication of a restricted registration procedure for providing network credentials, and the indication of the restricted registration procedure comprises a flag in the first message;
initiate an authentication procedure for the UE;
transmit a second message to the UE accepting the registration request for providing network credentials, in response to a success of the authentication procedure;
receive a third message comprising a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to initiate establishment of a PDU session; and
transmit a fourth message to the UE accepting the PDU session establishment request for the PDU session.