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US 12,513,614 · App. 18/190,601 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Wireless communication method, terminal device, and network device

Inventors: Haorui Yang (Guangdong, CN); Zhe Fu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W48/18H04W48/16H04W60/04
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Patent No.
US 12,513,614
App. No.
18/190,601
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The implementations of the present application provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. The network device may configure an index list of S-NSSAI comprising index information of some or all of S-NSSAIs of a service network, and indicate the index list of S-NSSAI to the terminal device, so that the terminal device learns a network slice supported by a base station. The wireless communication method comprises: a terminal device receiving first information, wherein the first information comprises an index list of S-NSSAI, and the index list of S-NSSAI comprises index information of some or all of S-NSSAIs of a service network.

Claims (35)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first information; wherein

the first information comprises an index list of Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI), wherein the index list comprises index information of part or all of S-NSSAIs of a serving network;

wherein the first information is contained in a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message; and the first information is Registration accept of a Registration request sent by the terminal device, and the Registration request corresponds to one of a mobility registration and an emergency registration,

wherein the serving network is a visited network; and the first information further comprises:

allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and configured NSSAI;

wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal device, the index list of S-NSSAI to an Access Stratum (AS) of the terminal device; and the AS of the terminal device is configured to use indices to select a cell supporting the indices as a resident cell of the terminal device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first information further comprises:

Network slicing indication for indicating whether a subscribed slice has changed.

3 . A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to receive first information; wherein

the first information comprises an index list of Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI), wherein the index list comprises index information of part or all of S-NSSAIs of a serving network;

wherein the first information is contained in a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message; and the first information is Registration accept of a Registration request sent by the terminal device, and the Registration request corresponds to one of a mobility registration and an emergency registration,

wherein the serving network is a visited network; and the first information further comprises:

allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and configured NSSAI;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to send the index list of S-NSSAI to an Access Stratum (AS) of the terminal device; and the AS of the terminal device is configured to use indices to select a cell supporting the indices as a resident cell of the terminal device.

4 . The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein

the first information further comprises:

Network slicing indication for indicating whether a subscribed slice has changed.

5 . The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the first information sent by an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) entity.

6 . The terminal device of claim 3 , further comprising a processor configured to perform at least one of the following according to the index list of S-NSSAI:

cell selection, cell reselection, or search before cell handover.

7 . A network device, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to send first information to a terminal device; wherein

the first information comprises an index list of Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI), wherein the index list comprises index information of part or all of S-NSSAIs of a serving network; wherein the first information is contained in a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message; and the first information is Registration accept of a Registration request sent by the terminal device, and the Registration request corresponds to one of a mobility registration and an emergency registration,

wherein the serving network is a visited network; and the first information further comprises:

allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and configured NSSAI;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the index list of S-NSSAI sent by a Network Slice Selection Function, NSSF, entity, wherein the index list of S-NSSAI is used for the terminal device to perform at least one of the following:

cell selection, cell reselection, or search before cell handover.

8 . The network device of claim 7 , wherein

the first information further comprises:

Network slicing indication for indicating whether a subscribed slice has changed.

9 . The network device of claim 7 , wherein the network device is an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) entity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2023
From: YANG, HAORUI; FU, ZHE
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063130/0948 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021074462 · Jan 29, 2021
Related Publication 20230239780A1 · Jul 27, 2023
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