US 12,267,721 B2
User equipment network slice information storage and packet data unit session establishment for new radio
Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Singapore (SG); and Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,386.
Application 18/521,386 is a division of application No. 17/302,365, filed on Apr. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,843,966.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,946, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098556 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving network slice related information associated with a first public land mobile network (PLMN);
storing the network slice related information in a database locally at the UE;
determining whether the first PLMN is a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the UE;
when the first PLMN is not the HPLMN of the UE, identifying a predetermined condition; and
removing at least a portion of the network slice information associated with the first PLMN from the database based on the predetermined condition.