US 11,889,567 B2
Slice allocation
Juan Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Ajith Tom Payyappilly, San Diego, CA (US); and Tom Chin, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,146.
Application 18/170,146 is a division of application No. 17/172,492, filed on Feb. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,638,312.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,258, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199869 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, by a modem, from an operating system (OS), a request for route identifier, the request for route identifier comprising a traffic descriptor corresponding to a first application from which the request for route identifier originated;
transmitting a route identifier to the OS, the route identifier generated by the modem based on a routing policy that provides mapping between the traffic descriptor and a network route, wherein the routing policy provides mapping between each of a plurality of traffic descriptors and a corresponding network route, and wherein each corresponding network route comprises a data network name (DNN) and an indication of a network slice;
receiving, by the modem, a start network request comprising the route identifier; and
establishing, in response to the start network request, a network connection via the network route.