User plane group

A non-transitory computer storage that stores executable program instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, configure the one or more computing devices to:

• detect a plurality of User Planes (UPs);
• group a first subset of the plurality of UPs into a first UP group, wherein each UP in the first UP group is associated with a first set of features;
• and
• allocate the first UP group to a first network service of a plurality of network services based on the first set of features associated with the first UP group and a first set of requirements of the first network service, wherein at least one UP of the first UP group is registered to a control plane (CP).

A device comprising:

• a non-transitory memory;
• and
• a processor coupled with the non-transitory memory for executing instructions, wherein executing the instructions causes the device to perform operations, comprising:
• detecting a plurality of User Planes (UPs);
• grouping a first subset of the plurality of UPs into a first UP group, wherein each UP in the first UP group is associated with a first set of features;
• allocating the first UP group to a first network service of a plurality of network services based on the first set of features associated with the first UP group and a first set of requirements of the first network service, wherein at least one UP of the first UP group is registered to a control plane (CP);
• grouping a remaining subset of the plurality of UPs into a second UP group;
• and
• allocating the second UP group to a second network service of the plurality of network services.