US 11,877,192 B2
Mechanism to enable interworking between network slicing and evolved packet core connectivity
Stefano Faccin, San Ysidro, CA (US); Haris Zisimopoulos, London (GB); and Sebastian Speicher, Wallisellen (CH)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,585.
Application 17/313,585 is a continuation of application No. 16/117,738, filed on Aug. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,026,128.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/574,615, filed on Oct. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0258836 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0022 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 16/04 (2013.01); H04W 36/0027 (2013.01); H04W 36/0066 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04W 84/00 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communications, comprising:
enabling network slice selection policies (NSSP) to map applications to network slices, to a data network name (DNN), and to an access point name (APN) to be used when a user equipment (UE) is connected to an evolved packet core (EPC);
mapping the applications; and
maintaining a mapping of the network slices, the DNN, and the APN to a packet data unit (PDU) session identity (ID) for each active PDU session.