US 12,471,015 B2
Providing network slice assignment for a wireless device based on manufacturer usage description (MUD) parameters
Robert Edgar Barton, Richmond (CA); and Flemming Stig Andreasen, Marlboro, NJ (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/172,612.
Prior Publication US 2024/0284317 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 16/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 16/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a provisioning server of a mobile network, a usage description object for a wireless device that has a session via an onboarding network slice of the mobile network, wherein the usage description object comprises usage parameters corresponding to the wireless device;
identifying, based on the usage parameters corresponding to the wireless device, a particular network slice that is to host the session for the wireless device; and
moving the session of the wireless device from the onboarding network slice to the particular network slice, wherein the moving includes the provisioning server requesting a session management function (SMF) of the mobile network to move the session of the wireless device from the onboarding network slice of the mobile network to the particular network slice of the mobile network.