IP Library Granted Patent US 12684514
Granted Patent B2
US 12684514 · App. 17/916,252 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

User equipment (UE) and communication method for UE

Inventors: Yoko Kuge (Sakai City, JP); Masafumi Aramoto (Sakai City, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W60/00H04W84/042
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12684514
App. No.
17/916,252
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A User Equipment (UE; terminal apparatus) includes a transmission and/or reception unit and a storage unit. The transmission and/or reception unit receives a first allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) from a core network, and in a case that a registration area stored in the UE includes multiple pieces of tracking area information, the multiple pieces of tracking area information belong to different Public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and further the different PLMNs are Equivalent HPLMNs (EPLMNs), the storage unit stores the first allowed NSSAI received, in each allowed NSSAI associated with a corresponding one of the PLMNs.

Claims (18)

1 . A User Equipment (UE) comprising:

transmission and reception circuitry; and

a controller,

wherein:

the transmission and reception circuitry is configured to receive a control message including a first allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI), including a first Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) and a first mapped S-NSSAI, from a core network, and

when:

the transmission and reception circuitry receives the control message, and

a registration area contains Tracking Area Identities (TAIs) belonging to different Public land mobile networks (PLMNs), which are Equivalent PLMNs (EPLMNs),

the controller is configured to store the first S-NSSAI included in the control message in each of allowed NSSAIs that is associated with each of the different PLMNs and with a current access type, and

the controller is configured to delete a stored mapped S-NSSAI for an allowed NSSAI that is associated with each of the different PLMNs and with the current access type and store the first mapped S-NSSAI included in the first allowed NSSAI.

2 . A communication control method performed by a User Equipment (UE), the communication control method comprising:

receiving a control message including a first allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI), including a first Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) and a first mapped S-NSSAI, from a core network; and

when:

the UE receives the control message, and

a registration area contains Tracking Area Identities (TAIs) belonging to different Public land mobile networks (PLMNs), which are Equivalent PLMNs (EPLMNs),

storing the first S-NSSAI included in the control message in each of allowed NSSAIs that is associated with each of the different PLMNs and with a current access type, and

deleting a stored mapped S-NSSAI for an allowed NSSAI that is associated with each of the different PLMNs and with the current access type and

storing the first mapped S-NSSAI included in the first allowed NSSAI.