Abstract: The present disclosure provides solutions to registration and discovery of NFs in the vertical 5G networks, at the operator network, as well as handling tasks such as authentication of connecting end terminals at the operator network level. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at network controller of an operator network and from an end terminal, a request for access to a network function (NF) of a vertical network, the request including a type of the NF in the vertical network; authenticating, at the network controller, the end terminal; upon authenticating the end terminal, identifying, at the network controller, the NF requested by the end terminal based at least on the type of the NF included in the request; and facilitating, by the network controller, access to the NF in the vertical network by the end terminal.

Abstract: Provisioning User Equipment (UE) Route Selection Policies (URSP) may be provided. A policy of a user equipment (UE) may be updated by a Policy Control Function (PCF). Then, the PCF may create a UE route selection policy (URSP) based on the updated UE policy. Next, the PCF may set a flag in in the URSP that may indicate to the UE that the URSP is applicable for new sessions and inapplicable for ongoing sessions. The PCF may then send the URSP to the UE, wherein the UE applies the URSP for new sessions.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for updating a user equipment route selection policy. The method includes receiving, at a home network in communication with a user equipment, an indication that a user of the user equipment desires to connect to a standalone non-public network for an event, receiving service hosting information for the event, revising a user equipment route selection policy at the home network based on the service hosting information to yield an updated user equipment route selection policy and transmitting the updated user equipment route selection policy to the user equipment. The user equipment registers, based on the updated user equipment route selection policy, with the standalone non-public network for the event.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for updating a user equipment route selection policy. The method includes receiving, at a home network in communication with a user equipment, an indication that a user of the user equipment desires to connect to a standalone non-public network for an event, receiving service hosting information for the event, revising a user equipment route selection policy at the home network based on the service hosting information to yield an updated user equipment route selection policy and transmitting the updated user equipment route selection policy to the user equipment. The user equipment registers, based on the updated user equipment route selection policy, with the standalone non-public network for the event.

Abstract: Provided herein are techniques to facilitate network slice service continuity in a mobile network environment. In one example, a method may include for a registration request involving a user equipment (UE), obtaining, by an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), subscription information identifying primary network slices backup network slices to which the UE is subscribed in which each of the primary network slices and the backup network slices are active network slices capable of actively handling sessions for multiple UEs. The method may further include determining whether there is registration capacity for the UE with each of the network slices with which the UE is allowed registration. Based on the determining that there is registration capacity for registration of the UE, the AMF can transmit a registration response to the UE that indicating registration with the first primary network slice and the first backup network slice is accepted.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to provide an operator-encrypted application specific user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URSP) to a UE via different network elements and/or distribution techniques. In one example, a method may include obtaining, by a network element, a policy object from a policy function of a mobile network operated by a mobile network operator, wherein the policy object comprises an application specific user equipment route selection policy (URSP) for an application in which the application specific URSP is encrypted by the policy function; and providing, by the network element, the policy object to a user equipment that has at least one session established with the mobile network, wherein the user equipment is to decrypt the application specific URSP to facilitate network communications for the application via the user equipment.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of supporting enhanced UE policies that control which access technologies and the number of access technologies a user equipment can access beyond a single 3GPP connection and a single non-3GPP connection, the method including registering, by a user equipment, to a 3GPP network, wherein the registering includes an indication that the user equipment supports multi-access packet data unit (MA-PDU) sessions; receiving, by the user equipment, a UE policy for a first application permitting the user equipment to access at least three access technologies for communications while accessing the first application, wherein the UE policy is received from an access mobility function (AMF) of the 3GPP network; and determining, by the user equipment, one or more of the access technologies permitted in the UE policy for the first application to use to establish protocol data unit (PDU) session with the first application.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provide to bring network capability awareness to steering of roaming (SoR). A home network includes a capabilities list of visited networks and their associated with the network capabilities. For SoR, he user equipment (UE) maintains a roaming partners list (RPL). The RPL provides a list of visited networks arranged in order of priority/preference (e.g., the first visited network in the RPL has first priority). The first visited network receives a registration request from the UE and relays a corresponding authentication request to the home network. The visited network in the RPL can be reordered when the UE requires a network capability not supported by the first visited network in the RPL, as indicated by the capabilities list. Depending on the implementation, the UE or the home network can make this decision to reorder the RPL.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for dynamic control of the distribution of user equipment (UE's) over multiple Radio Access Network (RAN) partners include receiving analytics at a customer application function from a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) application function, the analytics based on monitoring a dynamic traffic status of one or more nodes servicing a subscriber device, receiving negotiated service rate plans from a plurality of mobile network operator (MNO) networks, and determining one or more policies managing a traffic distribution of subscriber devices within the plurality of MNO networks. The method also includes dynamically switching telecommunications traffic by sending instructions to the subscriber device to modify a prioritized list of the plurality of MNO networks in accordance with the one or more policies.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to facilitate providing slice attribute information to a user equipment (UE) for one or more slice types with which the user equipment is allowed to establish one or more session(s). In one example, a method may include obtaining, by a network element, a registration request for connection of a UE to a mobile network; performing an authentication for connection of the UE to the mobile network; and upon successful authentication, providing, by the network element, a registration response to the UE, wherein the registration response identifies one or more network slice types with which the UE is authorized to establish a session and the registration response identifies one of: attribute information for each of the one or more network slice types or network location information from which attribute information for each of the one or more network slice types is to be obtained.

Abstract: A Radio Access Network (RAN) node configures a User Equipment (UE) to provide measurement results for private wireless networks in the neighborhood of the UE. The RAN node registers the UE with a computer network and provides location information about the UE to an Application Function (AF) connected to the computer network. The RAN node obtains a partial identifier that specifies a range of private wireless networks selected by the AF, and sends a request to the UE for measurements associated with the range of private wireless networks.

Abstract: A mobile network is operative to perform a quota validation procedure in relation to a maximum number of user equipments (UEs) permitted in a network slice. In one illustrative example, a control plane (CP) function of the mobile network may receive, from the UE, a message which indicates a registration request for registration and includes a slice ID of the network slice. The CP function may manage a registration procedure for assigning resources of the network slice to the UE. The CP function may alternatively manage the registration procedure to refrain from assigning the resources of the network slice to the UE, at least for a delay time period, based on identifying that an indication of the UE indicates an expected delay in use of service in the network slice. The indication may be included in the message and indicate the delay time period of the expected delay.

Abstract: In one illustrative example, a unified data management (UDM) of a mobile network is established in a UDM set with a plurality of private network UDMs instances of a plurality of private mobile networks. The UDM of the mobile network provides access to a plurality of subscription profiles associated with a plurality of subscribers of the mobile network, and each private network UDM instance provides access to a subset of the subscription profiles associated with a subset of the subscribers in the private mobile network. The UDM of the mobile network operates to communicate, in an authentication procedure, authentication data for authentication of a user equipment (UE) in the mobile network. After the authentication of the UE in the mobile network, the UDM operates to push authentication status information of the UE to the private network UDM instance of the private mobile network.

Abstract: The present technology involves system, methods, and computer-readable media for establishing mobility of user equipment (UEs) or mobile from congested new radio (NR) cells to un-congested Long-Term Evolution (LTE) cells. For operators that deploy both LTE cells and NR cells, the UEs can move from congested NR cells to un-congested LTE cells but can also be handed back into un-congested NR cells.

Abstract: A Radio Access Network (RAN) element provides an internet indication to a User Equipment (UE) to enable the UE to quickly obtain internet access. The RAN element determines that the RAN element is connected to at least one gateway that provides public internet access, and broadcasts an internet indication. The RAN element determines that the UE has requested public internet access via the RAN element and provides the UE with public internet access.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for optimizing utilization of available network slices, where such slices are created for specific applications/purposes. In one aspect, a method includes establishing a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session for a mobile device on a default network slice; determining an application to be used on the mobile device; determining a specific network slice for servicing the application used on the mobile device; and configuring the mobile device to use the application on the specific network slice.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to provide a network-initiated group disconnect for wireless devices belonging to one or more device group(s). In one example, a method may include determining, by a control element of a network, that at least one device group is to be disconnected from the network, wherein the at least one device group comprises a plurality of wireless devices connected to the network; identifying one or more access network radios through which the plurality of wireless devices are connected to the network; and triggering a disconnect command for the at least one device group to be broadcast from each of the one or more access network radios to trigger the plurality of wireless devices to disconnect from the network.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to provide selective network slice authentication and authorization in a mobile network environment. In one example, a method may include obtaining, by an access management element of a mobile network, a registration request from a user equipment, wherein the registration request identifies a plurality of network slices with which the user equipment seeks authentication; determining that if authentication for the user equipment with a first network slice is successful, authentication for the user equipment with one or more other network slices can be skipped; and upon successful authentication for the user equipment with the first network slice, skipping authentication for the user equipment with the one or more other network slices.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to facilitate user equipment (UE) to UE communications in a mobile network environment. In one example, a method may include provisioning a UE route selection policy (URSP) for each of a first UE and a second UE, wherein each URSP provisioned for each of the first UE and the second UE comprises: a first token that identifies at least one network resource that is to be utilized for a session for each of the first UE and the second UE; and a second token associated with a quality of service (QoS) that is to be provided for each session. The first token can be used to establish a session for each of the first and second UE using the same at least network resource and each session can be provided a QoS level based on the second token.

Abstract: Provided herein are techniques to facilitate service-based network function (NF) selection for roaming scenarios involving multiple home core networks. In one instance, a method may include obtaining, by a visited public land mobile network (PLMN) from a home PLMN that is to provide a first service for a wireless device, service hosting information that identifies a service hosting data network name and a service hosting PLMN that is to provide a second service for the wireless device in which the service hosting information is obtained by the visited PLMN through registration of the wireless device with the home PLMN. Upon determining that a session for the second service is to be established for the wireless device, the method may include performing a NF query to the service hosting PLMN identified from the service hosting information obtained through the registration in order to identify a NF to facilitate the session.