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Samsung patents method for 5G phones to switch networks when service is blocked

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This patent describes a way for mobile devices to handle situations where a specific 5G or 6G network service is unavailable. If a phone tries to register for a service and is rejected, it receives a list of alternative networks that can provide that service, ranked by priority. The phone then saves this information and automatically selects the best available network from the list to reconnect.

Why it mattersThis improves the reliability of mobile data connections by allowing phones to intelligently find a backup network when a preferred one is busy or incompatible, ensuring users maintain access to specific services.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, and a system for supporting mobility of a terminal.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a first access and mobility management function (AMF) entity of a first visited public land mobile network (VPLMN), a first registration request message including information on a network slice for a service; receiving, from the first AMF entity of the first VPLMN, a registration reject message including information on an available network slice, information on an available VPLMN for the available network slice and information on a priority of the available VPLMN, wherein the information on the priority of the available VPLMN includes a priority indicator instructing a VPLMN selection for the UE based on an extent to which the available VPLMN provides the service to the UE; storing the information on the available network slice, the information on the available VPLMN for the available network slice, and the information on the priority of the available VPLMN included in the registration reject message in an operator controlled PLMN list, wherein the operator controlled PLMN list includes pre-configured information stored in the UE; selecting a second VPLMN based on a pre-determined order of a registered PLMN (RPLMN), an equivalent PLMN (EPLMN), user controlled PLMN, the operator controlled PLMN list, and at least one PLMN reported as high quality PLMN; transmitting, to a second AMF entity of the selected second VPLMN, a second registration request message, wherein the second VPLMN is determined based on the information on the available VPLMN for the available network slice and the information on the priority of the available VPLMN included in the registration reject message in case that the operator controlled PLMN list is selected according to the pre-determined order; and receiving, from the second AMF entity of the second VPLMN, a registration accept message as a response to the second registration request message.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Method and apparatus for supporting mobility of terminal in wireless communication system
Patent number
US12772035B2
Application number
18355203
Filed
Jul 19, 2023
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 8/06 Electricity & electronicsH04W 60/00 Electricity & electronics

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