Systems and methods for network slice service provisioning

A computing system of a mobile network operator (MNO), the MNO configured to service a plurality of virtual service providers (VSPs), the computing system comprising:

• one or more central processing units (CPUs);
• and
• a non-transitory memory storing software instructions for controlling the one or more central processing units (CPUs) to implement steps of:
• providing one or more service profiles to a virtual service provider (VSP) of the VSPs serving a user population including a plurality of user devices, each service profile associated with a different respective one of a plurality of network slice services offered by the MNO and comprising attributes defining characteristics of said one of the network slice services offered by the MNO, receiving a request for a network slice service associated with a service profile of the one or more service profiles from the VSP;
• and
• determining that the network slice service can be provided by the MNO based on being able to satisfy one or more requirements;
• and
• sending a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the requested network slice service to the VSP;
• and
• after receiving an accepted SLA for the requested network slice service from the VSP, providing, to the VSP, a network slice service instance for the requested network slice service in accordance with the accepted SLA for the requested network slice service, the network slice service instance:
• either accommodating specified end-to-end (E2E) service requirements, or having a specified network topology, or both accommodating said specified E2E service requirements and having the specified network topology.