US 11,877,197 B2
Communication method and system by RRC carrying NSSAI, and corresponding core network device
Feng Han, Shenzhen (CN); Yinghao Jin, Shenzhen (CN); Hong Li, Shenzhen (CN); and Wei Tan, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Honor Device Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/717,385.
Application 17/717,385 is a continuation of application No. 16/503,278, filed on Jul. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,310,708.
Application 16/503,278 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2018/071271, filed on Jan. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201710010762.3 (CN), filed on Jan. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240146 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/08 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by an access network device, an initial context setup request from a core network device, wherein the initial context setup request comprises first information, and the first information comprises an identifier of allowed session management-network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI); wherein the session management-NSSAI comprises a slice/service type and a slice differentiator, wherein the slice differentiator comprises information that distinguishes between a plurality of network slices; and
sending, by the access network device, a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration request to a user equipment, wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration request includes the first information, wherein the first information further comprises information indicating a tracking area that allows the user equipment to access.