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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Halit Murat Gürsu, Munich, DE;
Philippe Godin, Massy, FR;
Ahmad Awada, Munich, DE;
Muhammad Naseer-Ul-Islam, Munich, DE;
Ömer Bulakci, Munich, DE;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There is provided a method, comprising: communicating a first data session on a first network slice with a source network node; receiving an indication indicating whether or not mapping the first data session to a second data session at a target network node requires switching to a second network slice, wherein the user equipment is equipped with a dual active protocol stack enabling the user equipment to communicate with the source network node and with the target network node during the handover process of the apparatus from a source cell provided by the source network node to a target cell provided by the target network node; deciding to continue the first data session on the first network slice with the source network node during the handover process; and deciding, based on the indication, when to start user plane data communication on the second data session with the target network node.