US 12,262,341 B2
UE-preferred network slice management
Sridhar Prakasam, Fremont, CA (US); Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar, Mysuru (IN); Krisztian Kiss, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US); and Nirlesh Koshta, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,577.
Claims priority of application No. 202141043422 (IN), filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094999 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/00 (2013.01) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising:
transmitting a registration request to a first base station of a cellular wireless network, wherein the first base station operates on a first frequency band, the registration request including a first indication of one or more preferred network slices; and
receiving a registration response from the first base station, the registration response including (i) a second indication of whether the one or more preferred network slices are accessible on the first frequency band and (ii) a third indication of where the UE can access any unsupported one or ones of the one or more preferred network slices.