US 12,302,228 B2
Network entity, user equipment and method for the control and use of network slices
Qing Wei, Munich (DE); and Yinghao Jin, Boulogne Billancourt (FR)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/331,700.
Application 18/331,700 is a continuation of application No. 17/508,647, filed on Oct. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,706,702.
Application 17/508,647 is a continuation of application No. 16/810,583, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,172,435, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Application 16/810,583 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2017/072189, filed on Sep. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397093 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communications method, comprising:
allocating a registration area to a user equipment (UE) for registration of the UE with a communication network, wherein the registration area comprises a set of tracking areas; and
transmitting, in a single message to the UE, respective area information and partial slice support information,
wherein the respective area information indicates a respective tracking area in the set of tracking areas,
wherein the partial slice support information indicates a respective network slice, the respective network slice being a network slice supported by the respective tracking area and/or a network slice not supported by the respective tracking area, and
wherein the respective network slice is not supported by all tracking areas in the set of tracking areas.