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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Alexander Sirotkin, Tel Aviv, IL;
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US);
Pavan Nuggehalli, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ralf Rossbach, Munich, DE;
Sarma Vangala, Campbell, CA (US);
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US);
Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Nuremberg, DE;
Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a communication network comprising a radio access network, one or more messages comprising configuration information of at least one network slice and of at least one frequency, wherein the radio access network is associated with a plurality of base stations (BSs) providing a plurality of cells, wherein the configuration information indicates for each of the at least one frequency which one or more slices of the at least one network slice are supported; and selecting, based on the configuration information, a cell from the plurality of cells for camping on.