Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various embodiments of the disclosure.
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The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain embodiments of the disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of a 5th generation (5G) network according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 2 illustrates entities for transmitting user subscription to a terminal (or user equipment (UE)) according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 3 illustrates a procedure for onboarding a terminal (or user equipment) for the terminal to receive user subscription data according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 4 illustrates a procedure for discovering and selecting a standalone non-public network (SNPN) for onboarding of a terminal (or user equipment) when a plurality of onboarding SNPN networks exist according to an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 5 illustrates a procedure for discovering and selecting a standalone non-public network (SNPN) for onboarding of a terminal when a plurality of onboarding SNPN networks exist according to an embodiment of the disclosure;