Patent ID: 11863975
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a base station, the one or more processors to configure the base station to, when the instructions are executed:
determine whether a request for a public key has been received from a user equipment (UE);
generate, in response to reception of the request, a transmission comprising the public key;
decode, after transmission of the public key, an initial radio resource control (RRC) message from the UE, the initial RRC message comprising an initial non-access stratum (NAS) message, the initial NAS message comprising Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) encrypted using the public key; and
decrypt the NSSAI prior to communicating the NSSAI to a core network associated with the base station.