US 12,245,333 B2
Terminal requesting network slice capabilities from non-3GPP access network
Carlos Jesus Bernardos, Madrid (ES); Ping-Heng Kuo, Bristol (GB); Ulises Olvera-Hernandez, Saint-Lazare (CA); Alain Mourad, Ascot (GB); and Charles Turyagyenda, London (GB)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/509,466.
Application 18/509,466 is a continuation of application No. 17/509,407, filed on Oct. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,864,273.
Application 17/509,407 is a continuation of application No. 16/638,295, granted, now 11,159,937, issued on Oct. 26, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2018/046747, filed on Aug. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/545,160, filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089727 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/245 (2013.01) [H04L 63/164 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising a processor and memory, the processor and memory configured to:
send a request to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) core network;
receive, from the 3GPP core network, information indicating that a first set of one or more network slices are accessible via one or more tracking areas associated with one or more radio access networks;
receive system information from a first radio access network, the system information indicating accessibility to the first set of one or more network slices accessible via at least one of the one or more tracking areas; and
access the first radio access network in order to establish a connection to use at least one of the first set of one or more network slices.