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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Adrian Buckley, Tracy, CA (US);
Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Nicholas James Russell, Newbury, GB;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.01); H04B 1/3816 (2015.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04L 101/654 (2022.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/3816 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 61/5014 (2022.05); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04L 2101/654 (2022.05); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, computer program product and a user equipment (UE) are provided for assisting a user equipment (UE) in selecting a network function. A first message is received from the UE. The first message includes UE request capabilities. A second message is sent to the UE. The second message includes an indication that promotes the UE attempting to connect to a particular Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) using a network function belonging to the particular PLMN.