US 12,089,149 B2
Network slice quota management
Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Singapore (SG); Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US); Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US); Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US); Longda Xing, San Jose, CA (US); and Jordi Agud Ruiz, Meguro-ku (JP)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/963,034.
Application 17/963,034 is a continuation of application No. 17/136,954, filed on Dec. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,510,138.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,713, filed on Jan. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030582 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cellular network function, wherein the cellular network function is configured to:
store capacity information for at least a first network slice, wherein the capacity information for the first network slice includes one or more of:
a count of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions established with the first network slice; and
a maximum number of PDU sessions allowed to be established per network slice;
receive, from a second network function, a request to check whether the count of PDU sessions established with the first network slice has reached the maximum number of PDU sessions per network slice; and
provide an indication of whether the count of PDU sessions established with the first network slice has reached the maximum number of PDU sessions per network slice in response to the request.