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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sridhar Prakasam, Fremont, CA (US);

Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar, Mysuru, IN;

Krisztian Kiss, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);

Nirlesh Koshta, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit a registration request to a first base station of a cellular wireless network, wherein the first base station operates on a first frequency band, the registration request including a first indication of one or more preferred network slices and receive a registration response from the first base station, the registration response including (i) a second indication of whether the one or more preferred network slices are accessible on the first frequency band and (ii) a third indication of where the UE can access any unsupported one or ones of the one or more preferred network slices.


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