US 12,137,432 B2
User equipment (UE) techniques for constraints on simultaneous use of network slices
Vijay Venkataraman, Cupertino, CA (US); Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Singapore (SG); Krisztian Kiss, Cupertino, CA (US); Nirlesh Koshta, Bengaluru (IN); Rohit R Matolia, Bengaluru (IN); Sridhar Prakasam, Cupertino, CA (US); and Srinivasan Nimmala, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/441,457
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/045651
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/036029, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202041034804 (IN), filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189189 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/005 (2013.01) [H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A User Equipment (UE) device comprising a processor configured to:
transmit an initial registration request message that comprises an indication that the UE device has a capability of support for simultaneous slice usage constraints;
receive a first registration accept message that indicates slice compatibility information for each configured network slice of a set of configured network slices for the UE device, wherein the slice compatibility information for each configured network slice indicates whether or not other configured network slices of the set of configured network slices are compatible with the configured network slice for simultaneous registration;
transmit an additional registration request message to request registration on a set of requested network slices, wherein the set of requested network slices is a subset of the set of configured network slices, and wherein the set of requested network slices is compatible for simultaneous registration according to the slice compatibility information; and
receive an additional registration accept message indicating the UE device is registered to the set of requested network slices.