Patent ID: 11963095
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
check if the at least one S-NSSAI and the identity of the UE are present in UE context information;
create a new entry in the UE context information by associating the at least one S-NSSAI with the identity of the AMF, if the at least one S-NSSAI and the identity of the UE are not present in the UE context information;
if the at least one S-NSSAI and the identity of the UE are present in the UE context information, check if an information element mapped with the at least one S-NSSAI present in the UE context information is same as an information element received from the AMF;
increase or decrease the number of UEs for the at least one S-NSSAI in the UE context information, based on the request related to the network slice admission control received from the AMF, if the information element mapped with the at least one S-NSSAI present in the UE context information is same as the information element received from the AMF; and
create the new entry in the UE context information by associating the at least one S-NSSAI with the information element of the AMF and the identity of the UE, if the information element mapped with the at least one S-NSSAI present in the UE context information is not same as the information element received from the AMF and the request is to increase the number of UEs for the at least one S-NSSAI.