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US 10,708,143 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for the specification of a network slice instance and underlying information model
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsHang Zhang, Nimal Gamini Senarath, Chengchao Liang, Remziye Irem Bor-Yaliniz
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Abstract
A method comprises communicating a specification of a network slice instance (NSI) that identifies a network function (NF), and operating the identified NF in accordance with the specification.
Claims22
A function in a communications network, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory memory for storing instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the function to:
- communicate a specification of a network slice instance (NSI) that describes the NSI, wherein the specification comprises information that specifies at least one of a plurality of network functions (NFs) of the NSI, an attribute of each NF of the NSI, and a topology of the NSI, the topology of the NSI designating traffic sources and traffic destinations of a plurality of links between the plurality of network functions;
- and
- operate the plurality of NFs in accordance with the specification.
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A method comprising:
- communicating a specification of a network slice instance (NSI) that describes the NSI, wherein the specification comprises information that specifies at least one of a plurality of network functions (NFs) of the NSI, an attribute of each NF of the NSI, and a topology of the NSI, the topology of the NSI designating traffic sources and traffic destinations of a plurality of links between the plurality of network functions;
- and
- operating the plurality of NFs in accordance with the specification.
A system comprising a first function, a second function and a network interface communicatively coupling the first function with the second function, wherein the first function is configured to:
- communicate a specification of a network slice instance (NSI) that describes the NSI with the second function via the network function, wherein the specification comprises information that specifies at least one of a plurality of network functions (NFs) of the NSI, an attribute of each NF of the NSI, and a topology of the NSI, the topology of the NSI designating traffic sources and traffic destinations of a plurality of links between the plurality of network functions;
- and
- the first function is further configured to:
- operate the plurality of NFs in accordance with the specification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.