Slice resource management for reducing the negative impacts of slice quotas

    公开(公告)号:US12213095B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US17528952

    申请日:2021-11-17

    Abstract: A mobile network is operative to perform a quota validation procedure in relation to a maximum number of user equipments (UEs) permitted in a network slice. In one illustrative example, a control plane (CP) function of the mobile network may receive, from the UE, a message which indicates a registration request for registration and includes a slice ID of the network slice. The CP function may manage a registration procedure for assigning resources of the network slice to the UE. The CP function may alternatively manage the registration procedure to refrain from assigning the resources of the network slice to the UE, at least for a delay time period, based on identifying that an indication of the UE indicates an expected delay in use of service in the network slice. The indication may be included in the message and indicate the delay time period of the expected delay.

    Network slice support of respective transport protocols

    公开(公告)号:US12193078B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17480488

    申请日:2021-09-21

    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for network slice support of respective transport protocols. In one example, a session management function obtains, from a user equipment, a request for a network slice identifier in a network that includes a plurality of network slices each configured to support a respective transport protocol. In response to the request, the session management function identifies a first transport protocol of the respective transport protocols by which the user equipment is to communicate. Based on the first transport protocol, the session management function identifies a first network slice of the plurality of network slices by which the user equipment is to communicate. The first network slice is configured to support the first transport protocol. The session management function provides the network slice identifier to the user equipment. The network slice identifier corresponds to the first network slice.

    ENHANCEMENTS TO 5G ACCESS TRANSPORT STEERING SWITCHING & SPLITTING FOR STEERING NETWORK TRAFFIC

    公开(公告)号:US20240015590A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17858632

    申请日:2022-07-06

    CPC classification number: H04W28/0804 H04W76/15

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for enhancements to 5G Access Transport Steering Switching & Splitting (ATSSS) rules. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a network controller, a request for a Multi-Access Protocol Data Unit (MA-PDU) session from a user device, the request including a “Multi access multi PLMN” flag for requesting multiple Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) sessions; generating, at the network controller, an access transport steering switching and splitting (ATSSS) rule for steering traffic associated with the user device between at least two PLMNs once the multiple PLMN sessions are established between the user device and the at least two PLMNs; and sending the steering rule to the user device to be used for splitting uplink network traffic transmitted between the user device and the at least two PLMNs.

    FACILITATING SERVICES FOR DEVICES IN PRIVATE MOBILE NETWORKS BASED ON DEVICE AUTHENTICATIONS IN AN OPERATOR NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20230396983A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US17833320

    申请日:2022-06-06

    CPC classification number: H04W8/186 H04L67/55 H04W12/06 H04L63/0272

    Abstract: In one illustrative example, a unified data management (UDM) of a mobile network is established in a UDM set with a plurality of private network UDMs instances of a plurality of private mobile networks. The UDM of the mobile network provides access to a plurality of subscription profiles associated with a plurality of subscribers of the mobile network, and each private network UDM instance provides access to a subset of the subscription profiles associated with a subset of the subscribers in the private mobile network. The UDM of the mobile network operates to communicate, in an authentication procedure, authentication data for authentication of a user equipment (UE) in the mobile network. After the authentication of the UE in the mobile network, the UDM operates to push authentication status information of the UE to the private network UDM instance of the private mobile network.

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