US 11,792,725 B2
Network slice customer (NSC) service ID and user equipment (UE) route selection policy for network slice as a service
Ahmed M. Soliman, Munich (DE); Christian W. Mucke, Munich (DE); Robert Zaus, Munich (DE); Sree Ram Kodali, San Jose, CA (US); and Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Nuremberg (DE)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,225.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,768, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039004 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to be employed in an Access Node (AN) for network slicing comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
provide a request to obtain a network slice of a network slice as a service (NSaaS) to provide a communication service on the network slice for an end-user device;
determine a network slice customer (NSC) Service identity (ID) associated with the network slice in response to obtaining the network slice; and
provide the NSC Service ID for the communication service to be performed on the network slice by the end-user device.