Patent ID: 11864026
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising processor-executable instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to:
obtain information that indicates when a plurality of network slices are overloaded;
generate, based on the information, a message that includes:
a slice information array comprising at least one block, which includes:
a Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) identifying a network slice,
a barring status which, when set to a first value, indicates that the network slice is barred from access and when set to a second value, indicates that the network slice is allowed access by wireless mobile terminals, and
information identifying a service provided by the network slice corresponding to the S-NSSAI; and

send the message to a distributed unit (DU) to broadcast the message over a wireless signal to a cell.