Systems and methods for exposing network slices for third party applications
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsYe Huang, Kristen Sydney Young, Suzann Hua, Miguel A. Carames, Kalyani Bogineni
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Abstract
A system includes one or more devices. The devices are configured to: receive a message indicating that a network slice has been deployed in a network, wherein the message includes information related to the network slice; send the information to an application that provides services to User Equipment (UE) devices subscribed to the network; and initiate updates to UE route selection policies (URSPs) in the network based on the information, allowing communications from UE devices to reach the network slice.
Claims20
A system comprising one or more devices configured to:
- receive, from one or more network components that instantiated a new network slice and deployed the network slice in a network, a message that includes information describing related to the network slice;
- send the information to an application that provides services to User Equipment (UE) devices subscribed to the network;
- and
- send a request to a Policy Control Function (PCF) to initiate updating UE route selection policies (URSPs) in the network based on the information, allowing communications from the UE devices to reach the network slice,
- wherein the request includes identifiers for the UE devices, an identifier for the application, and a Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) that identifies the network slice.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from one or more network components that instantiated a new network slice and deployed the network slice in a network, a message that includes information describing related to the network slice;
- sending the information to an application that provides services to User Equipment (UE) devices subscribed to the network;
- and
- sending a request to a Policy Control Function (PCF) to initiate updating UE route selection policies (URSPs) in the network based on the information, allowing communications from the UE devices to reach the network slice,
- wherein the request includes identifiers for the UE devices, an identifier for the application, and a Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) that identifies the network slice.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive, from one or more network components that instantiated a new network slice and deployed the network slice in a network, a message that includes information describing the network slice;
- send the information to an application that provides services to User Equipment (UE) devices subscribed to the network;
- and
- send a request to a Policy Control Function (PCF) to initiate updating UE route selection policies (URSPs) in the network based on the information, allowing communications from the UE devices to reach the network slice,
- wherein the request includes identifiers for the UE devices, an identifier for the application, and a Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) that identifies the network slice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.