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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nabil Akdim, Munich, DE;

Gencer Cili, San Jose, CA (US);

Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Cupertino, CA (US);

Madhavi Duvvuru, Saratoga, CA (US);

Rawad Rahme, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00222 (2023.05); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08);
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) may initiate an application on a user equipment (UE) which utilizes a network slice via a packet data network (PDN) connection with a first cellular network. The first cellular network may support network slicing and voice over new radio (VONR) and one or more cells of the first cellular network may support evolved packet system (EPS) fallback procedures. The UE may receive or initiate a voice call with another UE and adjust one or more capabilities of the UE such that an EPS fallback procedure is deemphasized. The UE may receive signaling from the first cellular network to establish, based at least in part on the one or more adjusted capabilities of the UE, the voice call as a VoNR call via the first cellular network and the network slice may be maintained during the VoNR call.


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