Patent ID: 11943704
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising:
one or more instructions to receive a slice selection trigger that includes an instruction to connect to a selected network slice associated with an application function, wherein the slice selection trigger is received from a signaling slice Access and Mobility Function (AMF) in a signaling network slice used to send instructions to UE devices to request a network slice;
one or more instructions to obtain, from the received slice selection trigger, a Data Network Name (DNN) associated with the selected network slice and a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) type identifying a Quality of Service (QoS) class to be requested by the UE device;
one or more instructions to request and receive an updated allowed slices list;
one or more instructions to, in response to receiving the updated allowed slices list, send a session establishment request to an AMF associated with the selected network slice and identified in the updated allowed slices list, wherein the AMF associated with the selected network slice is different from the signaling slice AMF, and wherein the session establishment request includes information identifying the DNN and the QoS class; and
one or more instructions to establish a data session with a User Plane Function (UPF) associated with the selected network slice based on the session establishment request.