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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Gunnar Mildh, Sollentuna, SE;

Angelo Centonza, Stockholm, SE;

Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Ljungsbro, SE;

Peter Hedman, Helsingborg, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02);
Abstract

According to certain embodiments, a method is disclosed for use in a network node. The method comprises obtaining network slice availability associated with one or more neighboring network nodes. The network slice availability indicates which of a plurality of network slices is supported by each of the one or more neighboring network nodes. The method further comprises managing slice connectivity of a wireless device based on the network slice availability of the one or more neighboring network nodes.


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