TRANSMITTING AND/OR USING USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY INFORMATION WHEN OPERATING A USER EQUIPMENT

20250119816

18/832150

January 09, 2023

A method for operating a user equipment includes: in case that an access mode-related validity element corresponds to access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment applies user equipment route selection policy information by routing traffic that matches the user equipment route selection policy information according to the user equipment route selection policy information; and in case that the access mode-related validity element does not correspond to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment skips the user equipment route selection policy information.

1-11. (canceled)

12. A method for operating a user equipment, wherein the user equipment comprises, for a given access technology, access mode configuration information, the access mode configuration information relating to or indicating a first network selection mode and at least a second network selection mode that the user equipment is alternatively able to use, wherein each of the network selection modes allows the user equipment to select telecommunications networks based on different kinds or sets of information elements identifying each telecommunications network and/or indicating the capabilities of each telecommunications network, wherein a predefined first set of networks is related to the first network selection mode and a predefined second set of networks is related to the second network selection mode, wherein the predefined first set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises public land mobile networks, wherein the predefined second set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises standalone non-public networks, wherein the method comprises: obtaining, by the user equipment, user equipment route selection policy information, wherein the user equipment route selection policy information comprises an access mode-related validity element related to content of the access mode configuration information: determining, by the user equipment, whether or not the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment; and handling, by the user equipment, the user equipment route selection policy information based on the determination of whether or not the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, wherein: in case that the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment applies the user equipment route selection policy information by routing traffic that matches the user equipment route selection policy information according to the user equipment route selection policy information; and in case that the access mode-related validity element does not correspond to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment skips the user equipment route selection policy information.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the user equipment route selection policy information further comprises a precedence value, a traffic descriptor, and at least one route selection descriptor.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the user equipment route selection policy information comprises the access mode-related validity element as part of at least one route selection descriptor.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the user equipment route selection policy information comprises at least one user equipment route selection policy rule, wherein the access mode-related validity element is part of the at least one user equipment route selection policy rule.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the network selection modes rely on information stored in the user equipment.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the predefined first set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises public land mobile networks which are defined solely by mobile country code information and a mobile network code information; and wherein the predefined second set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises standalone non-public networks which are defined by e-mobile country code information, mobile network code information, and network identifier information.

18. A user equipment, comprising: a processor; and a memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon: wherein the user equipment comprises, for a given access technology, access mode configuration information, the access mode configuration information relating to or indicating a first network selection mode and at least a second network selection mode that the user equipment is alternatively able to use, wherein each of the network selection modes allows the user equipment to select telecommunications networks based on different kinds or sets of information elements identifying each telecommunications network and/or indicating the capabilities of each telecommunications network, wherein a predefined first set of networks is related to the first network selection mode and a predefined second set of networks is related to the second network selection mode, wherein the predefined first set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises public land mobile networks, wherein the predefined second set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises standalone non-public networks; wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of the following by the user equipment: obtaining user equipment route selection policy information, wherein the user equipment route selection policy information comprises an access mode-related validity element related to content of the access mode configuration information; determining whether or not the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment; and handling the user equipment route selection policy information based on the determination of whether or not the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, wherein: in case that the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment applies the user equipment route selection policy information by routing traffic that matches the user equipment route selection policy information according to the user equipment route selection policy information; and in case that the access mode-related validity element does not correspond to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment skips the user equipment route selection policy information.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon for operating a user equipment, wherein the user equipment comprises, for a given access technology, access mode configuration information, the access mode configuration information relating to or indicating a first network selection mode and at least a second network selection mode that the user equipment is alternatively able to use, wherein each of the network selection modes allows the user equipment to select telecommunications networks based on different kinds or sets of information elements identifying each telecommunications network and/or indicating the capabilities of each telecommunications network, wherein a predefined first set of networks is related to the first network selection mode and a predefined second set of networks is related to the second network selection mode, wherein the predefined first set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises public land mobile networks, wherein the predefined second set of telecommunications networks corresponds to or comprises standalone non-public networks: wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate performance of the following: obtaining user equipment route selection policy information, wherein the user equipment route selection policy information comprises an access mode-related validity element related to content of the access mode configuration information: determining whether or not the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment; and handling the user equipment route selection policy information based on the determination of whether or not the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, wherein: in case that the access mode-related validity element corresponds to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment applies the user equipment route selection policy information by routing traffic that matches the user equipment route selection policy information according to the user equipment route selection policy information; and in case that the access mode-related validity element does not correspond to the access mode configuration information of the user equipment, the user equipment skips the user equipment route selection policy information.

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