Mechanisms for establishing user plane connectivity for non-3GPP access

• US 10,327,278 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2018
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Faccin, Stefano, Griot, Miguel, Chaponniere, Lenaig Genevieve
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang-Hurst, Kathy W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tacsik, Ernest G
• Application Number:
  US15/884,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20180279400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/12 Inter-network notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/18 Management of setup rejection or failure

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device transmits an indication of whether the device should be paged over a 3GPP access when a core network has data ready to transmit for PDU sessions over a non-3GPP access. A session management function (SMF) of the core network receives a data notification indicating that the core network has data ready to transmit to the wireless device for a PDU session over the non-3GPP access. The SMF determines whether to transmit a paging request to an access and mobility management function (AMF) of the core network based on a paging state of the SMG, a paging state of the wireless device, or a connection management idleness state of the wireless device. The AMF determines whether to transmit a paging message to the wireless device.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, at a wireless device in a connection management (CM) idle state for both a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, a paging request over the first RAT; and

initiating a user plane establishment procedure in response to the paging request, comprising;

in response to the paging request that was received over the first RAT at the wireless device in the CM idle state for both the first RAT and the second RAT, transmitting a service request message over the first RAT, the service request comprising a list of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the PDU sessions comprise PDU sessions for which a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of PDU sessions is generated based at least in part on policies associated with each of the PDU sessions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of PDU sessions comprises PDU sessions that are active over the second RAT.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the paging request comprises receiving an access type identifier that identifies at least one RAT type corresponding to the PDU sessions for which the paging request is transmitted.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the access type identifier identifies the first RAT.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the access type identifier identifies the second RAT.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the access type identifier identifies both the first RAT and the second RAT.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the user plane establishment procedure comprises transmitting a registration request, the registration request comprising a user plane establishment request indicator that indicates that a NAS procedure is a user plane establishment procedure and a list of PDU session identifiers that identify each PDU session for which a user plane is to be re-established.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the user plane establishment procedure comprises performing a registration procedure, wherein performing the registration procedure comprises identifying each PDU session for which a user plane is to be re-established.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT is configured to provide 3GPP access and the second RAT is configured to provide non-3GPP access.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which, based at least in part on one or more policies, a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication, in a system comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to;

receive, at a wireless device in a connection management (CM) idle state for both a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, a paging request over the first RAT; and

initiate a user plane establishment procedure in response to the paging request, comprising;

in response to the paging request that was received over the first RAT at the wireless device in the CM idle state for both the first RAT and the second RAT, transmitting a service request message over the first RAT, the service request comprising a list of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the PDU sessions comprise PDU sessions for which a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the list of PDU sessions is generated based at least in part on policies associated with each of the PDU sessions.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the list of PDU sessions comprises PDU sessions that are active over the second RAT.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

receive downlink data over the first RAT.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first RAT is configured to provide 3GPP access and the second RAT is configured to provide non-3GPP access.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which, based at least in part on one or more policies, a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

20. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving, at a wireless device in a connection management (CM) idle state for both a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, a paging request over the first RAT; and

means for initiating a user plane establishment procedure in response to the paging request, comprising;

means for, in response to the paging request that was received over the first RAT at the wireless device in the CM idle state for both the first RAT and the second RAT, transmitting a service request message over the first RAT, the service request comprising a list of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the first RAT is configured to provide 3GPP access and the second RAT is configured to provide non-3GPP access.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which, based at least in part on one or more policies, a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive, at a wireless device in a connection management (CM) idle state for both a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, a paging request over the first RAT; and

initiate a user plane establishment procedure in response to the paging request, comprising;

in response to the paging request that was received over the first RAT at the wireless device in the CM idle state for both the first RAT and the second RAT, transmitting a service request message over the first RAT, the service request comprising a list of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the first RAT is configured to provide 3GPP access and the second RAT is configured to provide non-3GPP access.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the list of PDU sessions indicates one or more PDU sessions for which, based at least in part on one or more policies, a user plane cannot be established over the first RAT.