US 12,170,953 B2
Network slicing application access control
Xiaobao Chen, Chatillon (FR); Philippe Lucas, Chatillon (FR); Nick Sampson, Chatillon (FR); Vladimir Renard, Chatillon (FR); and Pierre-Alexandre Masson, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to ORANGE, Issyoles-Moulineaux (FR)
Appl. No. 17/642,080
Filed by ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/074380
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/047964, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19306091 (EP), filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386226 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling application access to network slicing service at a User Equipment, UE, the method being executed by said UE and comprising:
issuing an activation request for establishing network connectivity service for an application executing at the UE, the activation request comprising an application identifier of the application and service level information comprising network slicing information associated with the application;
determining a network slice for the application based on said application identifier and said service level information;
sending a request comprising the determined network slice for the application to a network system; and
upon reception of a response from the network system verifying that the determined network slice for the application complies with network slicing operator policies, creating a binding between the application identifier and the determined network slice.