Patent ID: 11863983
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method to be performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a New Radio (NR) core network system, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user equipment (UE) device comprising a virtual local area network data network name (VLAN DNN);
selecting a session/slice management function (SMF) based on a determination that the SMF supports a particular VLAN implemented on the NR core network system and associated with the VLAN DNN;
causing the SMF to determine whether the UE device is authorized to access the particular VLAN; and
transmitting a message comprising a VLAN identifier (VLAN ID) to the UE device based on the determination by the SMF that the UE device is authorized to access the particular VLAN, wherein the VLAN ID corresponds to the particular VLAN.