# US 11,115,918 B2 · Devices, systems and methods for accessing and providing network slices in a mobile communication network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,115,918 B2 - Document ID: US11115918B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/672,275 - Filed: 2019-11-01 - Published: 2020-04-16 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-02 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Riccardo Trivisonno; Hui Ni - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115918B2 ## CPC - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04W 8/06: Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server - H04W 8/12: between location registers or mobility servers - H04W 60/002: {Registration for requesting network slices} - H04W 60/005: {Multiple registrations, e.g. multihoming} - H04W 8/08: Mobility data transfer - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a user equipment-configured to use a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slice instances of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slice instances is controlled by a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the user equipment is configured to register to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while being registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user equipment configured to use a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slices of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slices is controlled by a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the user equipment is configured to register to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while being registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the first AMF. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the user equipment comprises a processor being configured to be, with respect to each of the plurality of AMFs, in a first state or a second state, wherein in the first state of the processor the user equipment is registered to a respective AMF and in the second state of the processor the user equipment is de-registered to a respective AMF. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The user equipment of claim 2, wherein the user equipment is configured to identify the first AMF by a first identifier and the second AMF by a second identifier. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The user equipment of claim 3, wherein the first identifier comprises first network slice selection assistance information NSSAI_1 and the second identifier comprises second network slice selection assistance information NSSAI_2. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The user equipment of claim 4, wherein with respect to each of the plurality of AMFs, the first state is a “NSSAI_i-Registered” state and the second state is a “NSSAI_i-De-Registered” state, wherein NSSAI_i denotes the network slice selection assistance information for identifying the respective AMF. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The user equipment of claim 5, wherein for each of the plurality of AMFs the respective network slice selection assistance information NSSAI_i comprises one or more single network slice selection assistance information, S-NSSAI, parameters for identifying the one or more network slices associated with the respective AMF. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the user equipment further comprises a communication interface and wherein the communication interface is configured to send a registration request message to the second AMF, wherein the registration request message comprises an indication that the user equipment is registered to the first AMF. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the indication comprises a pre-defined value of a registration type parameter of the registration request message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The user equipment of claim 7, wherein the registration request message further comprises information about AMFs the user equipment is registered to. ### Claim 10 A method of operating a user equipment configured to use a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slices of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slices is controlled by a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the method comprises the step of registering the user equipment to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while being registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the first AMF. ### Claim 11 A system providing a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network for a user equipment, wherein the system comprises a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slices of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slices is controlled by the plurality of AMFs, wherein the second AMF is configured to register the user equipment to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while the user equipment is registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the first AMF. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the second AMF is implemented on one or more network entities of the mobile communication network comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to be with respect to the user equipment and each of the plurality of AMFs in a first state or a second state, wherein in the first state of the processor the user equipment is registered to a respective AMF and in the second state of the processor the user equipment is de-registered to a respective AMF. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the first AMF is configured to be identified by the user equipment using a first identifier and the second AMF is configured to be identified by the user equipment using a second identifier and wherein the first identifier comprises first network slice selection assistance information NSSAI_1 and the second identifier comprises second network slice selection assistance information NSSAI_2. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein with respect to the user equipment and each of the plurality of AMFs the first state is a “NSSAI_i-Registered” state and the second state is a “NSSAI_i-De-Registered” state, wherein NSSAI_i denotes the network slice selection assistance information for identifying the respective AMF. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein for each of the plurality of AMFs the respective network slice selection assistance information NSSAI_i comprises one or more single network slice selection assistance information, S-NSSAI, parameters for identifying the one or more network slices associated with the respective AMF. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein, in response to receiving a registration request message from the user equipment, the registration request message comprising information about the first AMF the user equipment (201) is registered to, the second AMF is configured to obtain identity information about the user equipment from the first AMF. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein, in response to receiving a registration request message from the user equipment, the registration request message comprising information about the first AMF the user equipment is registered to, the second AMF is configured to send a registration notification message to the first AMF for informing the first AMF that the user equipment is registered to the second AMF. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the first AMF and the second AMF are implemented in a core network of the mobile communication network, wherein the first AMF is configured to be reached by the user equipment via a first radio access network of the mobile communication network and wherein the second AMF is configured to be reached by the user equipment via a second radio access network of the mobile communication network. ### Claim 19 A method of operating a system providing a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network for a user equipment, wherein the system comprises a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slices of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slices is controlled by the plurality of AMFs, wherein the method comprises the step of registering the user equipment to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while the user equipment is registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the first AMF.