Ensuring compatibility between network slice operating frequencies and user equipment (UE) radio capabilities

An apparatus for wireless communications by a network core entity, comprising:

• memory having executable instructions stored thereon;
• and
• one or more processors configured, individually or collectively, to execute the executable instructions and cause the apparatus to:
• transmit, to a network entity, a request for information about a plurality of network slices in an allowed set of network slices for a user equipment (UE), wherein the request for information includes a list of the plurality of network slices in the allowed set of network slices;
• receive, from the network entity, a response including a subset of the allowed set of network slices that the UE can use for communications between the UE and the network entity;
• and modify the allowed set of network slices for the UE based on the received response.

An apparatus for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising:

• memory having executable instructions stored thereon;
• and
• one or more processors configured, individually or collectively, to execute the executable instructions and cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a network core entity, information about a plurality of network slices in an allowed set of network slices for a user equipment (UE) connected with the network entity, wherein the request for information includes a list of the plurality of network slices in the allowed set of network slices;
• identify, based on UE capability information for the UE, a subset of the allowed set of network slices that the UE can use for communications between the UE and the network entity;
• and communicate with the UE using the identified subset of the allowed set of network slices.

A method for wireless communications by a network entity, comprising:

• receiving, from a network core entity, a request for information about a plurality of network slices in an allowed set of network slices for a user equipment (UE), wherein the request for information includes a list of the plurality of network slices in the allowed set of network slices,
• identifying, based on UE capability information for the UE, a subset of the allowed set of network slices that the UE can use for communications between the UE and the network entity,
• generating a response including at least the subset of the allowed set of network slices that the UE can use for communications between the UE and the network entity, and
• transmitting the response to the network core entity.