EMERGENCY NETWORK SLICE AND METHOD AND ACCESS NETWORK ENTITY FOR PROCESSING AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION IN A PACKET SWITCHED COMMUNICATION NETWORK

The disclosure relates to a method for processing an emergency message (204) in a communication network, in particular a local public land mobile network (PLMN) (200), the method comprising: transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an emergency message (204) to an access network entity (241, 242) of a network slice (240) of the communication network (200), wherein the emergency message (204) comprises an emergency identifier (E_ID); detecting by the access network entity (241, 242) of the network slice (240) of the communication network (200), based on the E_ID, that the emergency message (204) is related to emergency; forwarding the emergency message (204) to an emergency network slice (250) of the communication network (200) based on the emergency detection; and establishing, by the emergency network slice (250), a communication link between the UE (202) and a public safety answering point (PSAP) (260) for processing the emergency message (204).