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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ralf Keller, Würselen, DE;
David Castellanos Zamora, Madrid, IT;
Maria Belen Pancorbo Marcos, Madrid, ES;
Peter Hedman, Helsingborg, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A mechanism is provided to monitor and control the number of terminals () or number of PDU sessions for a network slice, or both. A new network function called the Network Slice Control Function (NSCF) () is defined that interacts with an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) () and/or Session Management Function (SMF) () to monitor and control a number of users for a network slice, a number of PDU sessions for a network slice, or both. The NSCF () determines per slice quotas for the number of users and/or number of session for network slices and interacts with the AMF () and/or SMF () to enforce the quotas.