US 12,483,472 B2
Slice authentication method and apparatus
Zhongding Lei, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/975,365.
Application 17/975,365 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/089747, filed on Apr. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010368192.7 (CN), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048066 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0894 (2022.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0894 (2022.05); H04L 41/0895 (2022.05); H04L 41/40 (2022.05); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/35 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A slice authentication method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a first network function (NF) in a first public land mobile network (PLMN), a registration request message from a terminal device; wherein the registration request message comprises identification information of a slice and identification information of the terminal device;
determining, by the first NF, whether to initiate a slice authentication between the terminal device and an authentication server for the slice;
in response to determining to initiate the slice authentication, sending, by the first NF, an identifier of the first PLMN, the identification information of the slice, and the identification information of the terminal device to the authentication server; and
receiving, by the first NF, a slice authentication result for the slice associated with the first PLMN, the identification information of the slice, and the identification information of the terminal device from the authentication server.