Network slicing enhancement
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsZhiguo Li, Nan Zhang
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to network slicing enhancements with randomly generated application identifiers. For example, by handling requests of an application, a user equipment (UE) may be able to forward such requests to a network entity to receive an encoded random number token corresponding to the application to provide for improved indexing of applications on the UE.
Claims30
A method for wireless communications performed by a network entity, comprising:
- determining a network slicing instance;
- encoding an application identification (ID) field within a sequence of traffic descriptor bits with a random number corresponding to at least one of an application or the network slicing instance, wherein the random number is encoded within the application ID field;
- and
- transmitting the sequence of traffic descriptor bits to a user equipment (UE).
A method for wireless communications performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- transmitting a slicing service request to a network entity;
- receiving, from the network entity in a network slicing instance, a sequence of traffic descriptor bits comprising an application identification (ID) field;
- decoding the sequence of traffic descriptor bits to determine a random number encoded within the application ID field;
- determining an application ID based on the random number;
- and
- determining, based on the application ID, an application with data to be routed to the network slicing instance.
A network entity, comprising:
- a processing system configured to:
- determine a network slicing instance;
- and
- encode an application identification (ID) field within a sequence of traffic descriptor bits with a random number corresponding to at least one of an application or the network slicing instance, wherein the random number is encoded within the application ID field;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit the sequence of traffic descriptor bits to a user equipment (UE).
A user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a slicing service request to a network entity;
- a receiver configured to receive, from the network entity in a network slicing instance, a sequence of traffic descriptor bits comprising an application identification (ID) field;
- and
- a processing system configured to:
- decode the sequence of traffic descriptor bits to determine a random number encoded within the application ID field;
- determine an application ID based on the random number;
- and
- determine, based on the application ID, an application with data to be routed to the network slicing instance.
A network entity, comprising:
- means for determining a network slicing instance;
- means for encoding an application identification (ID) field within a sequence of traffic descriptor bits with a random number corresponding to at least one of an application or the network slicing instance, wherein the random number is encoded within the application ID field;
- and
- means for transmitting the sequence of traffic descriptor bits to a user equipment (UE).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.