Wireless communication method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11457500-B2
Application number	US-201616305171-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2016
Priority date	May 30, 2016
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide user equipment (UE), a first core network entity, and a second core network entity, the first core network entity executes steps that include: establishing a signaling connection to the UE; receiving network slice information and a non-access stratum NAS message that are sent by the UE over the signaling connection; determining a target network slice from the at least one network slice based on the network slice information, wherein the target network slice comprises a second core network entity, and the UE performs NAS communication with the second core network entity by using the RAN and the first core network entity; and sending the NAS message to the second core network entity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. User equipment (UE), comprising:
a transceiver;
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory and configured to execute the one or more instructions to cause the UE to:
establish a signaling connection to a first core network entity of a communications system that comprises the first core network entity, a radio access network (RAN), the UE, and at least one network slice; and
send, using the transceiver, network slice information and a first non-access stratum (NAS) container to the first core network entity, wherein the first NAS container includes a first NAS message and the network slice information enables the first core network entity to determine a target network slice from the at least one network slice based on the network slice information, and wherein the UE performs NAS communication with a second core network entity in the target network slice using the RAN and the first core network entity.

2. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the network slice information is a network slice identifier or a data transmission requirement for a network slice.

3. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to cause the UE to:
send, using the transceiver, a first message to the first core network entity, wherein the first message comprises first information to be used by the first core network entity to determine a target network slice that comprises the second core network entity; and
send or receive, using the transceiver, data using an activated user plane connection.

4. The UE according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to cause the UE to, before sending the first message to the first core network entity, receive, using the transceiver, a paging message from the first core network entity, and wherein the paging message comprises second information to be used by the UE to determine the target network slice.

5. The UE according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to cause the UE to, before sending the first message to the first core network entity, determine the first information based on the second information and a correspondence between information used by the UE to determine a network slice and information used by the first core network entity to determine the network slice.

6. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to cause the UE to receive a second NAS container from the first core network entity, wherein the second NAS container is from the second core network entity and includes a second NAS message, and wherein content in the second NAS container is not parsed by the first core network entity.

7. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein content in the first NAS container is not parsed by the first core network entity.

8. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first NAS container is configured to be forwarded by the first core network entity to the second core network entity.

9. A wireless communication method implemented by user equipment (UE), wherein the wireless communication method comprises:
establishing a signaling connection to a first core network entity of a communications system that comprises the first core network entity, a radio access network (RAN), the UE, and at least one network slice; and
sending network slice information and a first non-access stratum (NAS) container to the first core network entity, wherein the first NAS container includes a first NAS message and the network slice information enables the first core network entity to determine a target network slice from the at least one network slice based on the network slice information, and wherein the UE performs NAS communication with a second core network entity in the target network slice using the RAN and the first core network entity.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 9 , wherein the network slice information is a network slice identifier or a data transmission requirement for a network slice.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 9 , further comprising:
sending a first message to the first core network entity, wherein the first message comprises first information to be used by the first core network entity to determine a target network slice that comprises the second core network entity; and
sending or receiving data using an activated user plane connection.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 11 , further comprising, before sending the first message to the first core network entity, receiving a paging message from the first core network entity, wherein the paging message comprises second information to be used by the UE to determine the target network slice.

13. The wireless communication method of claim 12 , further comprising, before sending the first message to the first core network entity, determining the first information based on the second information and a correspondence between information used by the UE to determine a network slice and information used by the first core network entity to determine the network slice.

14. The wireless communication method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving a second NAS container from the first core network entity, wherein the second NAS container is from the second core network entity and includes a second NAS message, and wherein content in the second NAS container is not parsed by the first core network entity.

15. The wireless communication method of claim 9 , wherein content in the first NAS container is not parsed by the first core network entity.

16. The wireless communication method of claim 9 , wherein the first NAS container is configured to be forwarded by the first core network entity to the second core network entity.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, cause a user equipment (UE) to:
establish a signaling connection to a first core network entity of a communications system that comprises the first core network entity, a radio access network (RAN), the UE, and at least one network slice; and
send network slice information and a first non-access stratum (NAS) container to the first core network entity, wherein the first NAS container includes a first NAS message and the network slice information enables the first core network entity to determine a target network slice from the at least one network slice based on the network slice information, and wherein the UE performs NAS communication with a second core network entity in the target network slice using the RAN and the first core network entity.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the network slice information is a network slice identifier or a data transmission requirement for a network slice.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein when executed by the processor, the computer-executable instructions are further configured to cause the UE to:
send a first message to the first core network entity, wherein the first message comprises first information to be used by the first core network entity to determine a target network slice that comprises the second core network entity; and
send or receive data using an activated user plane connection.

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Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Hui
• Duan Xiaoyan
• Ouyang Guowei

Classifications

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title

• H04W28/12 Primary

  using signalling between network elements · CPC title

• H04W76/25 Primary

  Maintenance of established connections · CPC title

• H04W8/08

  Mobility data transfer · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title