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US 11,457,404 B2Granted
Method for connecting a user terminal to a network slice
AssigneeOrange
InventorsLars Kiessling, Bernard Massicot, Khadija Daoud Triki
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Abstract
A method for connecting a user terminal to a subset of a network dedicated to a service, termed network slice, implemented by the terminal. This method includes at least one step of receiving at least one network slice identifier, originating from an access device associated with the at least one identified slice, a step of selecting a network slice as a function of parameters included in the terminal, and of the at least one slice identifier received. The method furthermore includes a step of attaching to the access device associated with the selected network slice.
Claims18
A connection method comprising:
- connecting a user terminal to a subset of a network dedicated to a service, termed a network slice, implemented by the user terminal prior to the user terminal's actual attachment to an access device of a plurality of access devices, by:
- at least one act of receiving at least one message comprising a service identifier, originating from a first access device of the plurality of access devices, which is associated with a network slice corresponding to the received at least one service identifier, the at least one message also comprising an IP address of the first access device;
- an act of selecting a network slice, comprising:
- comparing the received at least one service identifier with at least one network slice identifier stored in the user terminal;
- and
- in response to determining that no service identifier received by the user terminal corresponds to a network slice identifier stored in the user terminal, selecting a default network slice;
- and
- following the act of selecting the network slice, an act of attaching to a second access device of the plurality of access devices that is associated with the selected default network slice.
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A user terminal wherein the user terminal comprises:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the user terminal to perform acts comprising:
- connecting to a subset of a network dedicated to a service, termed a network slice, prior to the user terminal's actual attachment to an access device of a plurality of access devices, by:
- receiving at least one message comprising a service identifier, originating from a first access device of the plurality of access devices, which is associated with a network slice corresponding to the received at least one service identifier, the at least one message also comprising an IP address of the first access device;
- selecting a network slice, comprising:
- comparing the received at least one service identifier with at least one network slice identifier stored in the user terminal;
- and
- in response to determining that no service identifier received by the user terminal corresponds to a network slice identifier stored in the user terminal, selecting a default network slice;
- and
- following the act of selecting the network slice, attaching to a second access device of the plurality of access devices that is associated with the selected network slice.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of access devices;
- and
- at least one user terminal, which comprises:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor configure the user terminal to perform acts comprising:
- connecting to a subset of a network dedicated to a service, termed a network slice, prior to the user terminal's actual attachment to an access device of the plurality of access devices, by:
- receiving at least one message comprising a service identifier, originating from a first access device of the plurality of access device, which is associated with a network slice corresponding to the received at least one service identifier, the at least one message also comprising an IP address of the first access device;
- selecting a network slice, comprising:
- comparing the received at least one service identifier with at least one network slice identifier stored in the user terminal;
- and
- in response to determining that no service identifier received by the user terminal corresponds to a network slice identifier stored in the user terminal, selecting a default network slice;
- and
- following the act of selecting the network slice, attaching to a second access device of the plurality of access devices that is associated with the selected network slice.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which the code instructions of a computer program are stored, which when executed by a processor of a user terminal configure the user terminal to perform a connection method, wherein the method comprises:
- connecting to a subset of a network dedicated to a service, termed a network slice, prior to the user terminal's actual attachment to an access device of a plurality of access devices, by:
- receiving at least one message comprising a service identifier, originating from a first access device of the plurality of access devices, which is associated with a network slice corresponding to the received at least one service identifier, the at least one message also comprising an IP address of the first access device;
- selecting a network slice, comprising:
- comparing the received at least one service identifier with at least one network slice identifier stored in the user terminal;
- and
- in response to determining that no service identifier received by the user terminal corresponds to a network slice identifier stored in the user terminal, selecting a default network slice;
- and
- following the act of selecting the network slice, attaching to a second access device of the plurality of access devices that is associated with the selected network slice.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.