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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to communication over a network comprising network slices. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there provide a method performed by a network node. The method comprises: informing, in response to determination that user traffic of at least one user equipment needs to be redirected from a first network slice to a second network slice, a control plane function node supporting the first network slice of a redirecting user traffic request. Compared with the second network slice, a way of handling a control plane and/or user plane for communication services in the second network slice is different from that in the first network slice. In the other aspects of the present disclosure, there also provides methods for communication by a control plane function node and by a user equipment and corresponding apparatuses.