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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Emmanuel Bertin, Chatillon, FR;
Stephane Tuffin, Chatillon, FR;
ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A method for access by a communication device to a network connectivity provided by a third party via an operator network. The method includes: sending, to a management device, a request for attachment to the operator network, including an identifier of the third-party; receiving, from the management device, a message containing contact information of a software control gateway controlling access to a network slice allocated by the operator to the third party and associated with the third party identifier, the contact information including a reachability address of the software control gateway or an identifier of the network slice to which access is controlled by the software control gateway, the message inviting the communication device to attach to the software control gateway; requesting attachment to the software control gateway using the contact information; and accessing to the network connectivity via the slice of the operator network allocated to the third party.