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Network slice configuration

US12096514B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Nipun Sharma · New Delhi, IN
Rakesh Bajpai · Lafayette, US
Steve MENEAR · Hiram, US
Tushar Sabharwal · New Delhi, IN
Hans Eriksson · Söderhamn, SE
Rajiv Bhardwaj · Jalandhar, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W8/18
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for network slice configuration. In one example aspect, a method in a network function in a network is disclosed. The network is a visited network for at least one User Equipment, UE. The network provides a network slice for the at least one UE, and the network function is a gateway for data communications for the at least one UE. The method includes obtaining an IP address for at least one service for the at least one UE, and providing the at least one service to the at least one UE according to a gateway configuration from a home network of the at least one UE.

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