US 12,335,853 B2
Use of UE route selection policy (URSP) for network slicing
Mahmoud Watfa, Staines (GB); Lalith Kumar, Bangalore (IN); and Varini Gupta, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,564.
Claims priority of application No. 202131006456 (IN), filed on Feb. 16, 2021; and application No. 2201976 (GB), filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272623 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 101/375 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04L 2101/375 (2022.05)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
identifying at least one protocol data unit (PDU) session;
identifying that at least one of route selection descriptor (RSD) of UE route selection policy (URSP) rule for the UE matches with the at least one PDU session;
identifying whether allowed network slice selection assistance information (allowed NSSAI) for the UE includes only one single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI); and
providing, to an upper layer, information on a PDU session among the at least one PDU session based on the allowed NSSAI for the UE including only one S-NSSAI, and the PDU session matching an RSD of a lowest precedence value.