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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 92/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 92/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determination of non-3GPP interworking function(s) (N3IWFs), which support slices targeted by a device or user equipment (UE), are provided. One method may include transmitting, by a UE or device, a request to at least one network node. The request may be to obtain information on network slices supported by at least one N3IWF. The method may also include receiving, from the at least one network node, a response comprising information for one or more N3IWFs and, based on the received information for the N3IWF(s), selecting one of the N3IWF(s) to use to connect to a 5G core network (5GC).