Patent ID: 11902783
Assignee: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
receiving, from a remote unit via a non-Third Generation Partnership Project (“non-3GPP”) access network, a first authentication request containing network slice selection information, the first authentication request corresponding to a first authentication procedure;
selecting a network slice in a mobile core network based on the network slice selection information;
forwarding the first authentication request to the network slice to initiate connection of the remote unit to the mobile core network;
receiving, from a mobile core network, a second authentication request that is part of a Non-Access Stratum (“NAS”) authentication procedure different than the first authentication procedure;
transforming the NAS authentication request into a third authentication request of the first authentication procedure; and
completing connection of the remote unit to the mobile core network using an authentication response of the first authentication procedure to complete.