ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,422, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"UE, core network node, access network node, AMF apparatus, terminal, and method therefor" was invented by Toshiyuki Tamura (Tokyo) and Tsuyoshi Takakura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An AMF apparatus (2) receives, from a terminal (1), a registration request message including first information indicating support for a restriction feature related to simultaneous use of network slices. The AMF apparatus receives, from a UDM apparatus (8), terminal subscription information including second information that indicates a restriction related to simultaneous use of network sl...