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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Ralf Rossbach, Munich, DE;
Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Nuremberg, DE;
Mona Agnel, Guildford, GB;
Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US);
Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Huarui Liang, Beijing, CN;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An approach is described for a base station to generate a first message and a second message. The base station transmits the first message and the second message to a user equipment (UE). The first message is associated with a cell supported by the base station and includes a first public land mobile network (PLMN) identity index and a first list of one or more network slices supported by a first PLMN associated with the first PLMN identity index. The second message is associated with one or more neighboring cells, and includes the first PLMN identity index and a second list of one or more network slice data associated the first PLMN as supported by the one or more neighboring cells. In addition, at least one of the one or more network slice data in the second list includes a sub-list of one or more neighboring cell data.