Patent SG-11201909040P-A (SG)
Title: Mobility between areas with heterogeneous network slices
Inventor: FACCIN STEFANO
IPC: H04W48/18
Filed: 2018-03-22
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 15 November 2018 (15.11.2018) WIPO I PCT ill~~~~~~~~ 011101010VIIIOH olo Holollm mil ImoiniovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/208371 Al (51) International Patent Classification: H04W 48/18 (2009.01) H04W 36/12 (2009.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/023688 (22) International Filing Date: 22 March 2018 (22.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 20170100207 08 May 2017 (08.05.2017) GR 15/927,696 21 March 2018 (21.03.2018) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: FACCIN, Stefano; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). ZISIMOPOULOS, Haris; 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). GRIOT, Miguel; 5775 Morehouse Dri- ve, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: KENT, Preston E. et al.; Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P., 24 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77046-2472 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (54) Title: MOBILITY BETWEEN AREAS WITH HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK SLICES 900 ( -902 RECEIVE AN INDICATION THAT A NETWORK SLICE IS NOT AVAILABLE ( -904 TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE PDU SESSION IN RESPONSE TO RECEIVING THE INDICATION 1-1 1-1 FIG. 9 Cr) 00 © (57) : Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for handling mobility between areas with 0, -- - 1 3 heterogeneous network slices in wireless communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. An exemplary method that may be performed by a UE includes receiving an indication that a network slice is not available, entering a connection 0 management idle (CM-IDLE) state, and initiating a registration procedure with an access and mobility management function (AMF) \" subsequent to entering the CM-IDLE state. C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/208371 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIRDERIHNOIRMIEEDIIMOIS TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))