US 12,177,928 B2
Wireless user equipment (UE) control over wireless network slices based on slice requirements
Anurag Thantharate, Kansas City, MO (US); Sreekar Marupaduga, Overland Park, KS (US); and Kavitha Swaminathan, Olathe, KS (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,546.
Application 18/154,546 is a continuation of application No. 17/230,744, filed on Apr. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,558,920.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171842 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/27 (2018.02) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/13 (2023.05); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a wireless network slice, the method comprising:
exchanging, over an access network, source signaling with a source Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);
during the exchange of the source signaling, exchanging, over the access network, target signaling with target AMFs;
determining AMF characteristics of the target AMFs based on the target signaling;
selecting one of the target AMFs based on slice requirements of the wireless network slice and the AMF characteristics; and
exchanging, over the access network, slice signaling with the selected one of the target AMFs, and in response, exchanging data with the wireless network slice.