	US 12,207,218 B2
	Dynamic network capability configuration
Hongkun Li, Malvern, PA (US); Michael F. Starsinic, Newtown, PA (US); Rocco Di Girolamo, Laval (CA); Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Hatboro, PA (US); Zhuo Chen, Claymont, DE (US); Dale N. Seed, Allentown, PA (US); Jiwan L. Ninglekhu, Conshohocken, PA (US); and Quang Ly, North Wales, PA (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/436,703
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/022573 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/186145, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,811, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,376, filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0159605 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)

CPC H04W 60/00 (2013.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02)]

17 Claims

1. An apparatus implementing a first network function and comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the first network function from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a first message, wherein the first message is indicative of an operation requested to be performed with a network slice and wherein the operation comprises a slice registration;

sending, by the first network function to a second network function, a second message, wherein the second message is indicative of a request for a determination of whether a threshold related to the operation is met, wherein the threshold is associated with a maximum number of WTRUs that can be registered with the network slice;

receiving, by the first network function from the second network function, a first response indicative of the determination of whether the threshold is met; and

sending, by the first network function to the WTRU, a second response comprising an indication of whether the operation is allowed, wherein when the operation is not allowed, the second response comprises a reject code indicating that the operation is rejected as a result of the network slice having attained the maximum number of registered WTRUs.