Device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium for network slicing

A terminal device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory having computer program codes,
• the at least one memory and the computer program codes being configured, together with the at least one processor, to cause the terminal device to
• receive, in a wireless network, Network Slice Instance (NSI) capability information advertised by a wireless access device, the NSI capability information at least indicating whether the wireless network supports a network slicing function;
• send, to the wireless access device, mapping information on an NSI and a transmission tunnel between the terminal device and a core network, the NSI having associated wireless network characteristics;
• and
• perform at least one of the following via the transmission tunnel:
• sending, to the wireless access device, data to be forwarded to the core network in the corresponding NSI;
• and
• receiving, from the wireless access device, data forwarded from the core network in the corresponding NSI.

A method for communication, comprising:

• acquiring, at a wireless access device, a Network Slice Instance (NSI) management object corresponding to an NSI managed by a core network, the NSI management object having wireless network characteristics associated with the NSI;
• advertising NSI capability information to a terminal device in a wireless network provided to the wireless access device, the NSI capability information at least indicating whether the wireless network supports a network slicing function;
• receiving, from the terminal device, mapping information on the NSI and a transmission tunnel between the terminal device and the core network;
• and
• forwarding, based on the mapping information, the NSI management object, and the wireless network characteristics associated with the NSI, data passing through the transmission tunnel in the corresponding NSI.