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Communication method and communications apparatus to implement a network slice based service in a central unit (CU)-distributed unit (DU) architecture

US10939333B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · CN

Inventors

Yinghao Jin · Shanghai, CN
Feng Han · Shanghai, CN
Wei Tan · Nanhu, CN
Hong Li · Nanhu, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W76/27
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This application discloses a communication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a central unit of a radio access network (RAN), to a distributed unit of the RAN, a UE context setup request message, wherein the UE context setup request message comprises an identifier of a bearer to be established, and indication information of a network slice corresponding to the bearer; and sending, by the distributed unit of the RAN, to the central unit of the RAN a response message in response to the UE context setup request message.

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