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EP3596887 - SUPPORTING SON FUNCTIONS ON NETWORK SLICE INSTANCES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.10.2020
Database last updated on 20.05.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.12.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.09.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  24.04.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip18.04.2024New entry: Despatch of examination report + time limit 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Apple Inc.
One Apple Park Way
Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
[2020/52]
Former [2020/04]For all designated states
Intel IP Corporation
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054 / US
Inventor(s)01 / CHOU, Joey
8825 N. 85th Place
Scottsdale AZ 85258 / US
02 / YAO, Yizhi
2352 W. Desertbroom Pl
Chandler Arizona 85248 / US
 [2020/04]
Representative(s)Lang, Johannes, et al
Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB
Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte
Prinzregentenplatz 7
81675 München / DE
[2020/04]
Application number, filing date18717151.714.03.2018
[2020/04]
WO2018US22445
Priority number, dateUS201762472220P16.03.2017         Original published format: US 201762472220 P
[2020/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018170135
Date:20.09.2018
Language:EN
[2018/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3596887
Date:22.01.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.09.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.09.2018
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/24
[2020/04]
CPC:
H04L41/5003 (EP,US); H04L41/0893 (US); H04L41/0813 (US);
H04W4/50 (US); H04W48/18 (US); H04L41/0894 (EP);
H04L41/0895 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2020/04]
TitleGerman:UNTERSTÜTZUNG VON SON-FUNKTIONEN AUF NETZWERKSLICE-INSTANZEN[2020/04]
English:SUPPORTING SON FUNCTIONS ON NETWORK SLICE INSTANCES[2020/04]
French:PRISE EN CHARGE DE FONCTIONS SON SUR DES INSTANCES DE TRANCHE DE RÉSEAU[2020/04]
Entry into regional phase16.08.2019National basic fee paid 
16.08.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
16.08.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.08.2019Examination requested  [2020/04]
16.08.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
30.04.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.10.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.03.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.10.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.02.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.04.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
12.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
18.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
14.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
04.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[Y]WO2016192636  (HUAWEI TECH CO LTD [CN]) [Y] 1-28 * page 10, paragraph 49 - page 10, paragraph 49 * * page 22, paragraph 95 - page 31, paragraph 132 * * figures 2A, 8A *;
 [Y]WO2017032280  (HUAWEI TECH CO LTD [CN]) [Y] 1-28 * page 8, paragraph 36 - page 9, paragraph 40 * * page 18, paragraph 77 - page 22, paragraph 89 * * page 29, paragraph 118 - page 29, paragraph 118 * * figures 1, 6-8, 13 *;
 [X]  - "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Telecommunication management; Study on management and orchestration of network slicing for next generation network (Release 14)", 3GPP STANDARD ; TECHNICAL REPORT ; 3GPP TR 28.801, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, (20170309), vol. SA WG5, no. V1.0.0, pages 1 - 52, XP051290419 [X] 1-28 * page 16, section "4.9 Network slice related management functions" * * page 19, section "5.6 Use case for management support to provide a customer's service request using a NSI" * * page 22, section "5.10 Monitor the performance of a NSI" * * page 27, section "5.20 Changing capacity of a NNSI" * * page 29, section "5.25 Monitor performance of a NSSI" * * page 37, section "7.1 Network slice management function" * * page 42, section "7.4 NSI performance alarms monitoring" * * figures 4.9-1, 5.10.2-1, 7.1-1 *
 [A]  - 5g, "5G Americas White Paper - Network Slicing for 5G and Beyond", (20161121), URL: http://www.5gamericas.org/files/3214/7975/0104/5G_Americas_Network_Slicing_11.21_Final.pdf, (20180117), XP055441540 [A] 1-28 * page 5, section "3.0 Network slicing system architecture (E2E network slicing) * * page 13, section "6.0 Operational aspects of network slicing" * * figures 1-3, 7-11 *
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