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US 11,553,394 · App. 17/135,407 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Enable a network-trigger change of network slices

Inventors: Stefano Faccin (San Ysidro, CA); Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere (La Jolla, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W36/385H04W8/12H04W36/0033H04W36/06H04W36/14H04W8/065H04W60/04
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Patent No.
US 11,553,394
App. No.
17/135,407
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A method may include determining to modify current-allowed network slices used by a user equipment (UE) based on a network-trigger; identifying new-allowed network slices for the UE based on the determining; selecting a target access and mobility management function (AMF) based on the new-allowed network slices, the target AMF is accessible by the source AMF; and triggering an AMF relocation based on the selecting.

Claims (31)

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, via a first message from a source access and mobility management function (AMF):

an indication to initiate a registration procedure; and

network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) indicating one or more network slices;

initiating a registration procedure based at least in part on the receiving via the first message;

receiving, via a second message from a target access and mobility management function (AMF), one or more statuses of one or more protocol data unit (PDU) sessions, the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that a first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices; and

locally releasing the first PDU session based at least in part on the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that the first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices.

2. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, via a first message from a source access and mobility management function (AMF):

an indication to initiate a registration procedure; and

network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) indicating one or more network slices;

initiate a registration procedure based at least in part on the receiving via the first message;

receive, via a second message from a target access and mobility management function (AMF), one or more statuses of one or more protocol data unit (PDU) sessions, the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that a first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices; and

locally release the first PDU session based at least in part on the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that the first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices.

3. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving, via a first message from a source access and mobility management function (AMF):

an indication to initiate a registration procedure; and

network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) indicating one or more network slices;

means for initiating a registration procedure based at least in part on the receiving via the first message;

means for receiving, via a second message from a target access and mobility management function (AMF), one or more statuses of one or more protocol data unit (PDU) sessions, the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that a first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices; and

means for locally releasing the first PDU session based at least in part on the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that the first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive, via a first message from a source access and mobility management function (AMF):

an indication to initiate a registration procedure; and

network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) indicating one or more network slices;

initiate a registration procedure based at least in part on the receiving via the first message;

receive, via a second message from a target access and mobility management function (AMF), one or more statuses of one or more protocol data unit (PDU) sessions, the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that a first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices; and

locally release the first PDU session based at least in part on the one or more statuses of the one or more PDU sessions indicating that the first PDU session is unsupported by the one or more network slices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2020
From: FACCIN, STEFANO; CHAPONNIERE, LENAIG GENEVIEVE
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16381425 · Apr 11, 2019
Continuation 15963654 · Apr 26, 2018
Provisional Application 62505904 · May 13, 2017
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