MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517065440 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea, on July 9, for 'method and device for supporting establishment of pdu session on network slice in communication network.'

Inventor(s) include Suh, Dongeun; and Lee, Jicheol.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates. Provided is a method for supporting a session management function (SMF) of a communication network in the establishment of a protocol data unit (PDU) session on a network slice, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a PDU session request message, including a first network slice identifier and an additional network slice identifier, from an access and mobility management function (AMF), wherein the additional network slice identifier is replaced by the first network slice identifier; selecting a policy control function (PCF) for the first network slice identifier; transmitting, to the selected PCF, a policy generation request message including the first network slice identifier and the additional network slice identifier; and receiving, from the PCF, a message in response to the policy generation request message."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 14, 2023, under International application No.PCT/KR2023/020640.

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