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Samsung patents method to manage data channels in 5G network slices

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a way for a 5G or 6G network component to receive instructions from a central controller on how to handle data connections. It identifies specific types of data traffic and limits how many active data channels can be assigned to each network slice based on those instructions.

Why it mattersThis is a routine technical improvement for managing data capacity in advanced mobile networks, ensuring that specific types of traffic get the right amount of bandwidth.

In the filing’s own words

A method performed by a Distributed Unit (DU) (e.g., included in a 5G or 6G communication system) may include receiving a control message from a Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC), wherein the control message includes control information for controlling Data Radio Bearer (DRB) allocation in each network slice, identifying, from a request message for setting one or more DRBs of a terminal, Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) of the one or more DRBs, and setting the number of DRBs allocatable in a network slice corresponding to the S-NSSAI, based on the control information.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by a distributed unit (DU), comprising: receiving, from a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC), a control message including control information; identifying, from a request message for setting one or more DRBs, single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) for the one or more DRBs; and setting a number of DRBs allocatable in a network slice corresponding to the S-NSSAI, based on the control information.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR E2 NODE CONTROL AND CELL CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Publication number
US20260323498A1
Application number
19466320
Filed
Jan 31, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
16

Classified under

H04W 48/18 Electricity & electronicsH04W 48/12 Electricity & electronics
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