Method for configuring a user equipment, user equipment, and rule management entity

A user equipment intended to be used by a user, to whom a plurality of identifiers is allocated, each uniquely identifying said user on at least one communications network, said user equipment comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor configure the user equipment to:
• acquire at least one rule associating, with at least one flow of an application, at least one slice of said at least one communications network for routing data relating to said at least one flow and information connecting said slice to an identifier from among said plurality of identifiers of the user;
• and
• execute said at least one rule when accessing said application.

A rule management entity comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor configure the rule management entity to, for at least one user:
• determine at least one rule associating, with at least one flow of an application, at least one slice of at least one communications network for routing data relating to said at least one flow and information connecting said slice to an identifier from among a plurality of identifiers allocated to said user and respectively uniquely identifying said user on said at least one communications network;
• and
• transmit said at least one rule to a user equipment of said user.

A system comprising:

• at least one user equipment intended to be used by a user, to whom a plurality of identifiers is allocated, each uniquely identifying said user on at least one communications network, said user equipment comprising:
• a first processor;
• and
• a first non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the first processor configure the user equipment to:
• acquire at least one rule associating, with at least one flow of an application, at least one slice of said at least one communications network for routing data relating to said at least one flow and information connecting said slice to an identifier from among said plurality of identifiers of the user;
• and
• execute said at least one rule when accessing said application;
• and
• a rule management entity comprising:
• a second processor;
• and
• a second non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the second processor configure the rule management entity to:
• determine the at least one rule;
• and
• transmit said at least one rule to the user equipment.