US 12,464,339 B2
Method and apparatus for providing onboarding and provisioning services
Jianning Liu, Haidian District (CN); Genadi Velev, Darmstadt (DE); Andreas Kunz, Ladenburg (DE); Tingfang Tang, Haidian District (CN); and Sheeba Backia Mary Baskaran, Friedrichsdorf (DE)
Assigned to Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/917,409
Filed by Lenovo (Beijing) Ltd., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/084269
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/203427, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156457 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/20 (2013.01) [H04W 60/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network equipment (NE) for wireless communication, comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the NE to:
receive a registration request for a user equipment (UE), wherein the registration request indicates an identity of the UE, an onboarding and provisioning flag, and an onboarding and provisioning function (OPF) identity;
select an OPF entity at least based on the OPF identity;
determine whether an onboarding request is supported for the UE based at least in part on a capability of supporting onboarding and provisioning of a non-public network; and
transmit the onboarding request at least indicating the identity of the UE to the selected OPF entity.