ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,926, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Method and apparatus for selecting network slice admission control function" was invented by Wei Hong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for Network Slice Admission Control Function (NSACF) selection is performed by a Session Management Function (SMF). The method includes: receiving, via an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request from User Equipment (UE); and in response to receipt of the PDU session establishment request, selecting a first NSACF for a network slice ba...