| CPC H04W 60/04 (2013.01) [H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 60/06 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:
receiving a Registration Accept message or UE Configuration Update Command message, wherein the Registration Accept message or UE Configuration Update Command message includes at least one of a slice deregistration inactivity timer and validity time for one or more Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI); and
starting a first timer based on the slice deregistration inactivity timer, wherein when the first timer expires, the UE locally removes the S-NSSAI from the Allowed NSSAI, and wherein when the UE does not trigger a Mobility Registration Update and an Allowed NSSAI becomes empty after expiry of the validity time, the UE enters deregistered state implicitly.
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