Terminal requesting network slice capabilities from non-3GPP access network
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising a memory, and a processor to execute instructions from the memory, wherein the processor is configured to access a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Access Network (AN), establish a link with a Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) via the non-3GPP AN, request information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN), receive information from the N3IWF about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN, and determine whether to register with the 3GPP RAN based upon the network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN. Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described for sending information about network slicing capabilities of a 3GPP RAN to a N3IWF, establishing a link between a WTRU operating on a non-3GPP AN and the N3IWF via the non-3GPP AN, and sending information from the N3IWF to the WTRU about network slicing capabilities of the 3GPP RAN.
1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising a processor and memory, the processor and memory configured to:
send a request to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) core network;
receive, from the 3GPP core network, information indicating that a first set of one or more network slices are accessible via one or more tracking areas associated with one or more radio access networks;
receive system information from a first radio access network, the system information indicating accessibility to the first set of one or more network slices accessible via at least one of the one or more tracking areas; and
access the first radio access network in order to establish a connection to use at least one of the first set of one or more network slices.
2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory are configured to receive a radio resource control message from the first radio access network, the radio resource control message indicating that a second set of one or more network slices are accessible via a second radio access network.
3. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the first radio access network comprises a first base station and the second radio access network comprises a second base station.
4. The WTRU of claim 3 , wherein the first base station is associated with a first public land mobile network and the second base station is associated with a second public land mobile network.
5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first set of one or more network slices are associated with at least one respective network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI).
6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory configured to access the first radio access network comprises the processor and memory being configured to transmit a random access preamble and receive a random access response.
7. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory are configured to send an indication to the first radio access network that the WTRU is connecting to the first radio access network in order use the at least one of the first set of one or more network slices.
8. A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
sending a request to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) core network;
receiving, from the 3GPP core network, information indicating that a first set of one or more network slices are accessible via one or more tracking areas associated with one or more radio access networks;
receiving system information from a first radio access network, the system information indicating accessibility to the first set of one or more network slices accessible via at least one of the one or more tracking areas; and
accessing the first radio access network in order to establish a connection to use at least one of the first set of one or more network slices.
9. The method of claim 8 , comprising receiving a radio resource control message from the first radio access network, the radio resource control message indicating that a second set of one or more network slices are accessible via a second radio access network.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first radio access network comprises a first base station and the second radio access network comprises a second base station.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first base station is associated with a first public land mobile network and the second base station is associated with a second public land mobile network.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first set of one or more network slices are associated with at least one respective network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI).
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein accessing the first radio access network comprises transmitting a random access preamble and receiving a random access response.
14. The method of claim 8 , comprising sending an indication to the first radio access network that the WTRU is connecting to the first radio access network in order use the at least one of the first set of one or more network slices.