US 12,238,638 B2
Method for controlling use of network slice, apparatus, and system
Zhuoming Li, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,205.
Application 17/737,205 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/121644, filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911078541.5 (CN), filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264428 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/06 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/06 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for controlling use of a network slice, comprising:
receiving, by a first network element, a first message, wherein the first message requests access of a terminal device to a target network slice, the target network slice covers a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions comprise a first region, and the first region is a region in which the terminal device is currently located; and
determining, by the first network element based on a first condition, whether to allow the terminal device to access the target network slice, wherein the first condition includes whether a service usage of the target network slice in the first region exceeds a first service limit of the target network slice in the first region and whether an overall service usage of the target network slice exceeds an overall limit of the target network slice.