Patent ID: 11956718
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A second network node, which node is a radio access network (RAN) node, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories comprising computer program codes which, when
executed by the one or more processors, cause the second network node to:
receive a radio resource control (RRC) message from a user equipment

(UE) indicating that the UE is a category M device, wherein the category M of the UE is indicated by a long term evolution (LTE)-M indication for evolved-universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA); and
transmit an initial message to a first network node based on the RRC message, wherein the initial message indicates that the UE is a category M device and for the first network node to use a category M of the UE to select a dedicated core network (DCN) for the UE as a category M device, and wherein the first network node is a mobility management entity (MME) or an access and mobility management function (AMF).