5.3.7 Handling of the periodic registration update timer and mobile reachable timer

The registration procedure for periodic registration update is used over 3GPP access to periodically notify the availability of the UE to the network. The procedure is controlled in the UE by the periodic registration update timer, T3512.

If the UE is registered over the 3GPP access, the AMF maintains an implicit de-registration timer to control when the UE is considered implicitly de-registered over the 3GPP access. If the UE is registered over the non-3GPP access, the AMF also maintains a non-3GPP implicit de-registration timer to control when the UE is considered implicitly de-registered over the non-3GPP access. The UE registered over the non-3GPP access maintains a non-3GPP de-registration timer to control when the UE is considered implicitly de-registered for the non-3GPP access.

The AMF shall start a non-3GPP implicit de-registration timer for the UE registered over non-3GPP access when the N1 NAS signalling connection over non-3GPP access is released.

The UE registered over non-3GPP access shall reset and start a non-3GPP de-registration timer when the N1 NAS signalling connection over non-3GPP access is released. The non-3GPP de-registration timer is stopped when the UE enters 5GMM-CONNECTED mode over non-3GPP access or the 5GMM-DEREGISTERED state over non-3GPP access.

The non-3GPP implicit de-registration timer shall be longer than the non-3GPP de-registration timer.

The value of timer T3512 is sent by the network to the UE in the REGISTRATION ACCEPT message. The UE shall apply this value in all tracking areas of the list of tracking areas assigned to the UE until a new value is received. The periodic registration update timer only applies to the UE registered to the 5GS services over 3GPP access.

If timer T3512 received by the UE in a REGISTRATION ACCEPT message contains an indication that the timer is deactivated or the timer value is zero, then timer T3512 is deactivated and the UE shall not perform the periodic registration update procedure.

NOTE 1: The UE does not perform the registration procedure for periodic registration update for non-3GPP access.

If during the registration procedure, the AMF does not indicate "strictly periodic registration timer supported" in the MICO indication IE to the UE, timer T3512 is reset and started with its initial value, when the UE changes from 5GMM-CONNECTED mode over 3GPP access, 5GMM-IDLE mode with suspend indication over 3GPP access or 5GMM-CONNECTED mode with RRC inactive indication over 3GPP access to 5GMM-IDLE mode over 3GPP access. Timer T3512 is stopped when the UE enters 5GMM-CONNECTED mode over 3GPP access or the 5GMM-DEREGISTERED state over 3GPP access.

If during the registration procedure, the AMF indicates "strictly periodic registration timer supported" in the MICO indication IE to the UE, timer T3512 is started with its initial value after the completion of the registration procedure. The UE shall neither stop nor reset the timer T3512 when the UE enters 5GMM-CONNECTED or when changing from 5GMM-CONNECTED mode over 3GPP access, 5GMM-IDLE mode with suspend indication over 3GPP access or 5GMM-CONNECTED mode with RRC inactive indication over 3GPP access mode to 5GMM-IDLE mode. If the timer T3512 expires,

• the UE in 5GMM-CONNECTED mode over 3GPP access, 5GMM-IDLE mode with suspend indication over 3GPP access or 5GMM-CONNECTED mode with RRC inactive indication over 3GPP access shall reset and start the timer T3512 with its initial value; or
• the UE in 5GMM-IDLE mode over 3GPP access shall perform the periodic registration procedure.

If the UE is registered for emergency services, and timer T3512 expires, the UE shall not initiate a periodic registration update procedure, but shall locally de-register from the network. When the UE is camping on a suitable cell, it may re-register to regain normal service.

When a UE is not registered for emergency services, and timer T3512 expires when the UE is in 5GMM-IDLE mode, the registration procedure for periodic registration update shall be started.

If the UE is not registered for emergency services, and is in a state other than 5GMM-REGISTERED.NORMAL-SERVICE or 5GMM-REGISTERED.NON-ALLOWED-SERVICE over 3GPP access when timer T3512 expires, the registration procedure for periodic registration update is delayed until the UE returns to 5GMM-REGISTERED.NORMAL-SERVICE or 5GMM-REGISTERED.NON-ALLOWED-SERVICE over 3GPP access.

NOTE 2: When the UE returns to 5GMM-REGISTERED.NORMAL-SERVICE or 5GMM-REGISTERED.NON-ALLOWED-SERVICE and it needs to initiate other 5GMM procedure than the registration procedure for periodic registration update then, based on UE implementation, the 5GMM procedure can take precedence.

The network supervises the registration procedure for periodic registration update of the UE by means of the mobile reachable timer.

If the UE is not registered for emergency services, the mobile reachable timer shall be longer than the value of timer T3512. In this case, by default, the mobile reachable timer is 4 minutes greater than the value of timer T3512.

The network behaviour upon expiry of the mobile reachable timer is network dependent, but typically the network stops sending paging messages to the UE on the first expiry, and may take other appropriate actions.

If the UE is registered for emergency services, the AMF shall set the mobile reachable timer with a value equal to timer T3512. When the mobile reachable timer expires, the AMF shall locally de-register the UE.

The mobile reachable timer shall be reset and started with the value as indicated above, when the AMF releases the NAS signalling connection for the UE. The mobile reachable timer shall be stopped when a NAS signalling connection is established for the UE.

Upon expiry of the mobile reachable timer the network shall start the implicit de-registration timer over 3GPP access. The value of the implicit de-registration timer over 3GPP access is network dependent. If MICO mode is activated, the network shall start the implicit de-registration timer over 3GPP access when the UE enters 5GMM-IDLE mode at the AMF over 3GPP access. The default value of the implicit de-registration timer over 3GPP access is 4 minutes greater than the value of timer T3512.

If the implicit de-registration timer expires before the UE contacts the network, the network shall implicitly de-register the UE. The implicit de-registration timer shall be stopped when a NAS signalling connection is established for the UE.

If the non-3GPP implicit de-registration timer expires before the UE contacts the network over the non-3GPP access, the network shall implicitly de-register the UE and enter the state 5GMM-DEREGISTERED over non-3GPP access for the UE. The non-3GPP implicit de-registration timer shall be stopped when a NAS signalling connection over non-3GPP access is established for the UE.

If the non-3GPP de-registration timer expires before the UE contacts the network over the non-3GPP access, the UE shall enter the state 5GMM-DEREGISTERED over non-3GPP access. The non-3GPP de-registration timer shall be stopped when a NAS signalling connection over non-3GPP access is established for the UE.

If the AMF provides T3346 value IE in the DEREGISTRATION REQUEST message with Access type set to "Non-3GPP access" in Deregistration type IE, REGISTRATION REJECT message during a registration procedure for mobility and periodic registration update or SERVICE REJECT message and the value of timer T3346 is greater than the value of timer T3512, the AMF sets the mobile reachable timer and the implicit de-registration timer such that the sum of the timer values is greater than the value of timer T3346.

If the AMF provides T3346 value IE in the DEREGISTRATION REQUEST message with Access type set to "3GPP access" in Deregistration type IE, REGISTRATION REJECT message during a registration procedure for mobility and periodic registration update or SERVICE REJECT message and the value of timer T3346 is greater than the value of the non-3GPP de-registration timer, the AMF sets the non-3GPP implicit de-registration timer value to be 8 minutes greater than the value of timer T3346.

If the UE receives T3346 value IE in the DEREGISTRATION REQUEST message with Access type set to "3GPP access" in Deregistration type IE, REGISTRATION REJECT message during a registration procedure for mobility and periodic registration update or SERVICE REJECT message and the value of timer T3346 is greater than the value of the non-3GPP de-registration timer, the UE sets the non-3GPP de-registration timer value to be 4 minutes greater than the value of timer T3346.