US 11,750,556 B2
Creating a pseudonym for requesting a network slice
Pasi Saarinen, Spånga (SE); and Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi, Sollentuna (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,793.
Application 17/570,793 is a continuation of application No. 16/651,975, granted, now 11,228,562, previously published as PCT/EP2018/075381, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/565,249, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210121 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 61/30 (2022.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/75 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 61/30 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 63/0414 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 12/009 (2019.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/75 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a wireless device for requesting use of a network slice from a network, the method comprising:
identifying at least a first network slice to be requested;
based on a mapping method that is specific to the wireless device, forming a first network slice pseudonym for the first network slice to be requested; and
transmitting a request message to the network, wherein the request message comprises the first network slice pseudonym.