| CPC H04W 8/30 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a user equipment capability management function (UCMF), a message including an indicator, wherein the indicator is a field in a user equipment (UE) capability identifier (ID), and wherein the indicator has a new indicator value which indicates a new UE capability ID and is a current indicator value differing from an old indicator value indicating an outdated UE capability ID;
inhibiting, after receiving the new indicator value, use of the outdated UE capability ID associated with the old indicator value; and
sending, to a radio access network (RAN), a message including the new UE capability ID.
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