US 11,812,346 B2
System and method for controlling and managing integrated access and backhaul
David Taft, Keller, TX (US); Muralidhar Devarakonda, Edison, NJ (US); Mark T. Watts, Newport, RI (US); Kalyani Bogineni, Irving, TX (US); Jerry Steben, Fort Worth, TX (US); Maqbool Chauhan, Keller, TX (US); Julian Jimenez, Wesley Chapel, FL (US); and Kristen Sydney Young, Mine Hill, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/199,996.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295242 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 88/14 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/18 (2013.01) [H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 40/248 (2013.01); H04W 88/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network device comprising:
a processor to:
receive Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) from network components and network information from a set of Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) nodes and the network components;
generate, by using the NSSAI and the network information, a routing table or a forwarding table that lists routing paths between the IAB nodes; and
send information included in the routing table or the forwarding table to the set of IAB nodes,
wherein the network components are different from the IAB nodes, and
wherein at least one of the set of IAB nodes is to:
receive a request from a mobile terminal to access a network service;
obtain a Single-NSSAI (S-NSSAI) from the mobile terminal; and
select a routing path, among the routing paths, from the at least one of the set of IAB nodes to the network device based on the S-NSSAI.