Network slicing traffic descriptor encoding

An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• one or more processors,
• memory coupled with the one or more processors;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
• receive an indication of a table that indicates a plurality of character strings for a plurality of applications;
• receive a traffic descriptor comprising an operating system application identifier that comprises a character string corresponding to a first application of the UE, the character string comprising an application-common portion and an application-specific portion;
• identify a first application identifier of the first application based at least in part on a comparison of the application-common portion and the application-specific portion of the character string with the plurality of character strings in the table;
• establish a connection with a first network slice of a plurality of available network slices based at least in part on the first application identifier identified from the table;
• and
• communicate, via the connection with the first network slice, data service traffic of the first application corresponding to the first application identifier.

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

• one or more processors,
• memory coupled with the one or more processors;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit an indication of a table that indicates a plurality of character strings for a plurality of applications;
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a traffic descriptor comprising an operating system application identifier that comprises a character string corresponding to a first application identifier of a first application, the character string comprising an application-common portion and an application-specific portion, wherein the character string and the first application identifier are included in the table;
• establish a connection between the UE and a first network slice of a plurality of available network slices based at least in part on the first application identifier included in the table;
• and
• communicate, via the connection with the first network slice, data service traffic of the first application corresponding to the first application identifier.