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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Srinivas Kote Narasimhamurthy, San Marcos, CA (US);
Oleg M. Moskalenko, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Muthukumaran Dhanapal, San Diego, CA (US);
Ying Huang, San Diego, CA (US);
Ajoy K. Singh, Milpitas, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) for differentiating the foreground and background data traffic over a network slice is provided. The UE operates by determining whether an application running in a foreground state transitions to running in a background state, where traffic corresponding to the application running in the foreground state is routed over a dedicated network slice. In response to a determination that the application running in the foreground state transitions to running in the background state, start a first timer and route background traffic corresponding to the application over the dedicated network slice. Next, in response to a determination that the first timer has expired and a determination that the application continues to run in the background state, start a second timer and start routing the background traffic corresponding to the application over a default network slice. Finally, in response to a determination that the second timer has expired and that the application continues to run in the background state, continue to route the background traffic corresponding to the application over the default network slice and release resources corresponding to the dedicated network slice.