US 12,127,111 B2
Wireless communication service over a network slice that comprises a network exposure function (NEF)
Marouane Balmakhtar, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/522,484.
Application 18/522,484 is a continuation of application No. 18/047,584, filed on Oct. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,864,102.
Application 18/047,584 is a continuation of application No. 17/355,897, filed on Jun. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,528,660, issued on Dec. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098630 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a wireless user device operating in a mobile communication network supporting a wireless network slice, the method comprising:
transferring, by a Network Exposure Function (NEF), slice information for the wireless network slice to a user data system;
receiving, by the NEF, a request from the user data system for user data from the wireless network slice;
receiving the user data from the wireless user device over the wireless network slice; and
transferring, by the NEF, the user data to the user data system in response to the request.