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US 10,873,948 B2Granted
Sustainable service selection
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorKlaus Hoffmann
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Abstract
It is provided a method, comprising requesting a resource for a service from a network, wherein the request includes a requirement indication indicating a requirement to the resource to be fulfilled for the service.
Claims18
Apparatus, comprising at least one processor, at least one memory including computer program code, and the at least one processor, with the at least one memory and the computer program code, being arranged to cause the apparatus to at least perform at least
- receiving, at the processor, a request from a user equipment for a first network slice for a service, wherein the request comprises a requirement indication, and the requirement indication indicates the requirement to be fulfilled for the service;
- extracting the requirement received at the processor;
- determining, at the processor, a contribution of the first network slice to the requirement requested from the user equipment, where the contribution comprises a first part of the service that is executed on the first network slice;
- requesting, at the processor, a second network slice for executing a second part of the service, wherein the request includes a contribution indication, the contribution indication indicating an allowable contribution to the requirement, and the allowable contribution is based on the requirement and the contribution of the first network slice.
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Method, comprising
- receiving, at the processor, a request from a user equipment for a first network slice for a service, wherein the request comprises a requirement indication, and the requirement indication indicates the requirement to be fulfilled for the service;
- extracting, at the processor, the requirement from the request received from the user equipment;
- determining a contribution of the first network slice to the requirement requested from the user equipment, where the contribution comprises a first part of the service that is executed on the first resource;
- requesting, at the processor, a second network slice for executing a second part of the service, wherein the request includes a contribution indication, the contribution indication indicating an allowable contribution to the requirement, and the allowable contribution is based on the requirement and the contribution of the first network slice.
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