Patent ID: 11950183
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one memory configured to store instructions and profiles for user equipments (UEs); and
a processor circuit coupled to the at least one memory, the processor circuit, when executing the instructions, configured to:
receive a message from a UE comprising a profile of the UE, wherein the message received is a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message, service request message, or a non-access stratum (NAS) message, and wherein the profile of the UE comprises a service type associated with the UE and a UE identity;
select, based on the profile of the UE, a network function associated with a network slice (NS) used to provision the UE, wherein the NS is associated with the service type associated with the UE; and
trigger the network function.