| CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an entitlement system, an application entitlement request corresponding to an application that is on a user equipment, wherein the application entitlement request includes application authenticity information;
validating, by the entitlement system, authenticity of the application based on the application authenticity information; and
in response to validation of the application entitlement request, sending, by the entitlement system, an application entitlement response to the user equipment, wherein the application entitlement response includes application validity information that enables the user equipment to route application data corresponding to the application through a selected network slice.
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