Patent ID: 11863975
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store a public key; and
processing circuitry configured to:
determine whether a request for the public key has been received from a user equipment (UE);
generate, in response to reception of the request, a transmission comprising the public key;
decode, after transmission of the public key, an initial radio resource control (RRC) message from the UE, the initial RRC message comprising an initial non-access stratum (NAS) message, the initial NAS message comprising Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) encrypted using the public key; and
decrypt the NSSAI prior to communicating the NSSAI to a core network associated with the apparatus.