ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,094, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for controlling network slice in wireless communication system" was invented by Sangsoo Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hoyeon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system, includes: transmitting, to a network entity, a registration request message including network slice assistance information (NSSAI) corresponding to a slice; receiving a response message including rejection information on a registration for the slice in cas...