US 10,834,597 B2 · Adaptive pairing of a radio access network slice to a core network slice based on device information or service information

Abstract

Pairing of a radio access network (RAN) slice to a core network (CN) slice is disclosed. The pairing can be based on RAN slice information, CN slice information, and device information. The device information can enable access to corresponding information from a data store, such as historical pairing correlated to a device, device type, etc. Moreover, other supplemental information, such as service information, can also be employed in determining the pairing. In an aspect, the other supplemental information can enable access to corresponding information form a data store, such as other CN slices comprising an identified virtual network function, historical performance of previously determined pairing(s), etc. A determined pairing can be modified before provisioning or after provisioning based on the RAN slice information, CN slice information, supplemental information, or corresponding information. Further, pairing information can be employed to directly initiate pairing or to cause another device to initiate pairing.

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Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
selecting, in response to a current user equipment demand for resources and based on a historical spectral efficiency indicator relative to historical core network slices and historical access network slices, a first pairing of a first core network slice and a first access network slice based on a ranking of possible pairings, wherein the possible pairings are determined prior to the current user equipment demand for resources, wherein the possible pairings comprise the first pairing of the first core network slice and the first access network slice and a second pairing of a second core network slice and a second access network slice, and wherein the ranking of the possible pairings is based on respective historical key performance indicators of the possible pairings;
and
initiating a communicative coupling according to the first pairing to facilitate communication between a first end device and a second end device.

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A method, comprising:

ranking, by a system comprising a processor, potential slice pairings based on respective historical key performance indicators associated with the potential slice pairings, wherein the potential slice pairings are designated prior to a current user equipment demand for resources, wherein the potential slice pairings comprise a first pairing of a first core network slice and a first access network slice and a second pairing of a second core network slice and a second access network slice;
selecting, by the system, the first pairing of the first core network slice and the first access network slice based on a rank of the first pairing determined according to the ranking of the potential slice pairings, wherein the selecting is based on a historical spectral efficiency indicator relative to historical core network slices and historical access network slices;
and
enabling, by the system, data flow between a first end device and a second end device via an end-to-end network path comprising the first pairing.

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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

selecting, according to a ranking of feasible network slice pairings based on a historical spectral efficiency indicator relative to historical core network slices and historical access network slices, a first pairing of a first core network slice and a first access network slice, wherein the feasible network slice pairings are indicated prior to a current user equipment demand for resources, and wherein the first pairing is ranked relative to a second pairing of a second core network slice and a second access network slice according to a historical key performance indicator of each pairing of the feasible network slice pairings;
and
provisioning an end-to-end network path comprising the first pairing to enable data flow between a first end device and a second end device via the end-to-end network path.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adaptive pairing of a radio access network slice to a core network slice based on device information or service information

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Adaptive pairing of a radio access network slice to a core network slice based on device information or service information

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Abstract

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