US 12,127,107 B2
Method and apparatus for handling background data transfer
Fuencisla Garcia Azorero, Madrid (ES); Wenliang Xu, Shanghai (CN); and Susana Fernandez Alonso, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/637,976
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/104889
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/046676, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279431 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 80/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 80/08 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A method for handling Background Data Transfer (BDT) for a User Equipment (UE), be characterized in comprising:
transmitting, from a node for Application Function (AF) to a node for Policy Control Function (PCF), a BDT policy request indicating the BDT is UE trajectory-relevant; and
at the node for AF, receiving from the node for PCF, a plurality of BDT policy groups, each of which is associated with a corresponding section of a trajectory.