Lenovo (beijing) Limited

Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Lenovo Limited

Tingfang Tang

Genadi Velev

Haiming Wang

Lianhai Wu

Jing Han

Xin Guo

Dimitrios Karampatsis

Zhi Yan

Shaobo Zhang

Yongliang Liu

Sheeba Backia Mary Baskaran

Qiang Deng

Emmanouil Pateromichelakis

Jianning Liu

Xin Wang

Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for providing onboarding and provisioning services. A method according to an embodiment of the present application may include: receiving a registration request for a user equipment (UE), wherein the register request indicates an identity of the UE, an onboarding and provisioning flag, and an onboarding and provisioning function (OPF) identity; selecting an OPF entity at least based on the OPF identity in the case of an onboarding request being supported for the UE; and transmitting the onboarding request at least indicating the identity of the UE to the selected OPF entity.

Method and apparatus for providing onboarding and provisioning services

Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and an apparatus for task management in next generation networks (NGNs). According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: receiving a request message for requesting candidate configuration of a task result feedback (TRF) on a task associated with a UE; transmitting a task status report configuration to a first edge data network (EDN), wherein the first EDN includes a server to perform the task; and receiving a task status report associated with the task from the first EDN. Embodiments of the present application can efficiently satisfy the quality of service (QoS) or quality of experience (QoE) requirements (such as latency, energy, computational capability and so on) of a UE during a handover procedure.

Method and apparatus for task management in next generation networks

Method and apparatus for improvement of DNS configuration for applications are disclosed. A method performed at a server comprises generating Domain Name System (DNS) information; deciding whether to transmit the DNS information to a User Equipment (UE) or to a network or to both the UE and the network; and transmitting the DNS information for use with at least one application associated with the UE according to the decision.

DNS configuration provisioning

Method and apparatus for application server change are disclosed. A method includes obtaining information on application server change for an application when server changes to a target application server and making a decision to inform a user equipment ('UE') to rediscover the target application server for the application or configure UPF to steer traffic to and from the target application server for the application.

Server discovery improvement when application server changes

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: transmitting, from a communication device, a message indicating a paging collision; and receiving, at the communication device, configuration information in response to the message indicating the paging collision.

Method and apparatus for handling paging collisions

Method and apparatus for improving the flexibility of supporting service continuity are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a PCC rule containing a traffic steering control information per AF request which includes an indication on whether service continuity for offload traffic is supported or not; and performing a PSA relocation based on the information.

Service continuity for PDU session anchor relocation

Disclosed in the present application are a short message service (SMS) ability updating method, device and apparatus. The method includes a mobility management function receives a triggering condition of an SMS function/a user data management function, and/or, the mobility management function determines that SMS over NAS ability update needs to be triggered; the mobility management function updates the SMS over NAS ability of a UE. By using the present application, when a mobility management function receives a triggering condition of an SMS function/a user data management function, and/or, the mobility management function determines that SMS over NAS ability update needs to be triggered, the mobility management function updates the SMS over NAS ability of the UE. The SMS over NAS ability update can be triggered by means of a network side, thereby preventing the UE from making an erroneous SMS transmission attempt.

Short Message service ability updating method, device and apparatus

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of communications, and particularly relate to an always-on PDU session management method and device for reducing system overhead and improving user experience. The method provided in the embodiments of the present invention comprise: a session management function (SMF) determining that an attribute of a PDU session is an always-on PDU session; the SMF recording the attribute of the PDU session in a session management context; and the SMF managing the PDU session according to the attribute of the PDU session recorded in the session management context.

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