Patent ID: 11903048
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A method comprising:
sending an initial connection message from a User Equipment (UE) to a network node of a network, wherein the initial connection message comprises a temporary identifier and no service descriptor indicating a network service that the UE is expected to access; and
receiving, at the UE from the network node, a response message comprising a new temporary identifier for the UE, and a set of identifiers of at least one or more slices that are available for use by the UE;
wherein the network node is part of an underlay network node determines ther set of identifiers of at least one or more slices that are available for use by the UE from slice descriptors in a subscription information of the UE that are assocated with a default indication.