US 12,425,948 B2
Systems and methods for updating a policy of a user equipment in fourth-generation network coverage
Samirkumar Patel, Middlesex, NJ (US); Jeremy Nacer, Boca Raton, FL (US); Axel Hallo De Wolf, Whippany, NJ (US); Alexandre De Melo, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); and Mary Williams, Miltona, MN (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,726.
Prior Publication US 2024/0267827 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/248 (2013.01) [H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
storing, by a user equipment, a default user equipment route selection policy (URSP);
receiving, by the user equipment and from a fourth-generation (4G) core network, a default protocol configuration option (PCO) value for a default network slice of the 4G core network;
utilizing, by the user equipment, the default network slice based on the default URSP and the default PCO value;
receiving, by the user equipment, a request to update the default URSP with a new URSP associated with a new network slice of the 4G core network;
updating, by the user equipment and based on the request, the default URSP with the new URSP to generate an updated URSP;
receiving, by the user equipment and from the 4G core network, a new PCO value for the new network slice of the 4G core network; and
utilizing, by the user equipment, the default network slice and the new network slice based on the updated URSP, the default PCO value, and the new PCO value.