US 11,812,370 B2
Apparatuses, methods, computer programs, and computer program products for supporting mutually exclusive access to network slices
Peter Hedman, Helsingborg (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/284,387
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077342
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/074573, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/743,271, filed on Oct. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337465 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A User Equipment (UE) adapted to:
determine whether to request access to a Mutually Exclusive Access to Network Slices (MEANS) group from a CM-IDLE state or from a CM-CONNECTED state.