ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,133, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Slice-based security protocol selection for internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS)" was invented by Joel Lee Arends (Renton, Wash.), Nassereddine Sabeur (Bellevue, Wash.), Boris Antsev (Bothell, Wash.) and Harikishore Allu Balan (Lynnwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments comprise a wireless communication network to perform slice-based security protocol selection for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). In some examples, the wireless communication network comprises a Call Session Control Function (CSCF). The...