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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:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/13 (2023.05); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for network slice continuity in handover of a communication network are provided. In some embodiments, a User Equipment (UE) is configured to receive, from a network node on a first cell, a first message comprising an indication of at least one cell that supports a particular network slice and engage in a handover operation based on the indication comprised in the received first message. In some embodiments, a network node is configured to sending, to a UE on a first cell, a first message comprising an identification of at least one cell that supports a particular network slice.