Patent ID: 11943660
Assignee: DISH WIRELESS L.L.C.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein:
each network slice of the plurality of network slices is associated with a respective geographic area of the respective UPF supporting the network slice;
the selecting a network slice of the plurality of network slices includes determining a particular network slice of the plurality of network slices is associated with a respective geographic area within which the location of the new UE falls; and
the selection of the network slice is weighted by using credit/token-based weighted scheduling or probability-based weighted scheduling such that the frequency of selection of the particular network slice decreases as a difference between a higher current load of the particular network slice and a lower current load of at least one network slice of the plurality of network slices increases, as indicated by the load-regions determined for each network slice of the plurality of network slices.