Core network selection method, apparatus, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11272439-B2
Application number	US-202016789711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2020
Priority date	Sep 18, 2015
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments provide a core network selection method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes the following steps: obtaining first dedicated core network (DCN) information from an access network device, where the first DCN information includes information about at least one DCN that can be accessed by the access network device. The method also includes selecting a to-be-accessed DCN from the at least one DCN according to the first DCN information, and sending information about the to-be-accessed DCN to the access network device, so that the access network device determines a core network device according to the information about the to-be-accessed DCN.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method, implemented by user equipment, comprising:
determining first information about a first network slice that the user equipment wishes to access, wherein the first information comprises a type of the first network slice,
wherein when the user equipment has second information comprising at least one network slice type obtained from a network device, the first information comprises the second information or a subset of the second information, and
wherein when the user equipment does not have the second information, the first information comprises a default configured information or a subset of the default configured information; and

sending the first information to an access network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is used for determination of a core network device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a public land mobile network (PLMN) that the user equipment wishes to access supports the first network slice.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises:
information for differentiating multiple network slices with same type.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the default configured information is associated with a public land mobile network (PLMN).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the type of the first network slice matches a service that the user equipment wishes to use.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
requesting, to the access network device, to establish a wireless connection.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises allowed information from the network device or configured information from the network device.

9. A user equipment, comprising
at least one processer; and
a memory configured to store program code, wherein
the at least one processer is configured to run the program code, causing the user equipment to execute the steps of:
determining first information about a first network slice that the user equipment wishes to access, wherein the first information comprises a type of the first network slice,
wherein when the user equipment has second information comprising at least one network slice type obtained from a network device, the first information comprises the second information or a subset of the second information, and
wherein when the user equipment does not have the second information, the first information comprises a default configured information or a subset of the default configured information; and

sending the first information to an access network device.

10. The user equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the first information is used for determination of a core network device.

11. The user equipment according to claim 9 , wherein a public land mobile network (PLMN) that the apparatus wishes to access supports the first network slice.

12. The user equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the type of the first network slice matches a service that the user equipment wishes to use.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for a computer or mobile device, that when the computer instructions are executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
determining first information about a first network slice that the user equipment wishes to access, wherein the first information comprises a type of the first network slice,
wherein when the user equipment has second information comprising at least one network slice type obtained from a network device, the first information comprises the second information or a subset of the second information, and
wherein when the user equipment does not have the second information, the first information comprises a default configured information or a subset of the default configured information; and

sending the first information to an access network device wherein.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the first information further comprises:
information for differentiating multiple network slices with same type.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the default configured information is associated with a public land mobile network (PLMN).

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the type of the first network slice matches a service that the user equipment wishes to use.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the first information comprises the default configured information or the subset of the default configured information, and the determining the first information comprises:
obtaining the second information from the network device, wherein the second information comprises at least one network slice type; and
determining the first information to comprise the default configured information in response to each of the at least one network slice type not matching a service that the user equipment wishes to use or in response to a public land mobile network (PLMN) that the user equipment wishes to access not supporting each of the at least one network slice type.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Xiaoyan
• Jin Hui
• Yi Qiang
• He Yue

Classifications

• H04W48/18 Primary

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title

• H04W48/12

  using downlink control channel · CPC title

• H04W84/00

  Network topologies · CPC title

• H04W36/0027

  for a plurality of data sessions of end-to-end connections, e.g. multi-call or multi-bearer end-to-end data connections · CPC title

• H04W8/04

  Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server] · CPC title