Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-public wireless communication networks
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Application No.: US17137166Application Date: 2020-12-29
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Publication No.: US11665632B2Publication Date: 2023-05-30
- Inventor: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar , Vijay Venkataraman , Mohammed Sadique , Krisztian Kiss , Srinivasan Nimmala , Yifan Zhu , Utkarsh Kumar
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W8/06 ; H04W8/12 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A mobile device (UE) may access standalone non-public networks (SNPNs) in various different locations as equivalent SNPNs (eSNPNs) corresponding to a home SNPN of the device. The device may obtain a list of eSNPNs corresponding to the home SNPN, and may access a second SNPN at a location different from a location of the home SNPN, in response to identifying the second SNPN and the list including the second SNPN as an eSNPN corresponding to the home SNPN of the device. The eSNPNs may include roaming eSNPNs (ReSNPNs) for accessing an enterprise NPN globally and/or at various different locations. The eSNPN/ReSNPN list may be maintained in a new network identifier management function (NMF). NPNs may be implemented as network slice instances (NSIs) via identifying data in the single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI). Multiple credentialed SNPNs of a UE may be prioritized for access by the UE.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210211975A1 Non-Public Wireless Communication Networks Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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