Systems and methods to automate slice admission control

A device comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive a request to admit a network slice in a wireless communication network, wherein the network slice is associated with at least one requirement;
• determine a plurality of resources, associated with the wireless communication network, needed to implement the network slice, wherein, when determining the plurality of resources, the processor is further configured to:
• determine a plurality of network functions required to implement the network slice;
• compute an estimated resource load for the network slice, wherein, when computing the estimated resource load for the network slice, the processor is further configured to:
• determine an estimated resource load for the determined plurality of network functions;
• compute a projected resource load for the determined plurality of resources;
• determine that the plurality of resources has sufficient capacity to meet the at least one requirement associated with the network slice based on the computed estimated resource load and the projected resource load for the determined plurality of resources;
• and
• admit the network slice to be deployed in the wireless communication network, in response to determining that the plurality of resources has sufficient capacity to meet the at least one requirement associated with the network slice.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising:

• one or more instructions to receive a request to admit a network slice in a wireless communication network, wherein the network slice is associated with at least one requirement;
• one or more instructions to determine a plurality of resources, associated with the wireless communication network, needed to implement the network slice, wherein the one or more instructions to determine the plurality of resources further include:
• one or more instructions to determine a plurality of network functions required to implement the network slice;
• one or more instructions to compute an estimated resource load for the network slice, wherein the one or more instructions to compute the estimated resource load for the network slice further include:
• one or more instructions to determine an estimated resource load for the determined plurality of network functions;
• one or more instructions to compute a projected resource load for the determined plurality of resources;
• one or more instructions to determine that the plurality of resources has sufficient capacity to meet the at least one requirement associated with the network slice based on the computed estimated resource load and the projected resource load for the determined plurality of resources;
• and
• one or more instructions to admit the network slice to be deployed in the wireless communication network, in response to determining that the plurality of resources has sufficient capacity to meet the at least one requirement associated with the network slice.