US 12,245,140 B2
Network slicing with radio access network (RAN) sharing
Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Ralf Rossbach, Munich (DE); Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Nuremberg (DE); Mona Agnel, Guildford (GB); Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US); Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US); Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US); Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Beijing (CN); and Huarui Liang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/440,441
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/071386
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/151008, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0362798 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station apparatus configured to support wireless communication within a cell, comprising:
a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a user equipment (UE); and
a processor, communicatively coupled to the transceiver, and configured to:
generate a first message; and
transmit, using the transceiver, the first message to the UE,
wherein the first message includes a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identity index corresponding to a first PLMN supported by the cell, and a first list of one or more network slices supported by the first PLMN,
wherein the first message further includes a second PLMN identity index and a second list of one or more network slices,
wherein the first PLMN supports the one or more network slices in the first list, and
wherein a second PLMN associated with the second PLMN identity index supports the one or more network slices in the second list.