Network slice discovery in overlapping network slice deployment
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsD Prakash, Ankit Kumar
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Abstract
There are provided measures for enabling/realizing network slice discovery in an overlapping network slice deployment. Such measures exemplarily comprise registration of a network slice mapping between a network slice identification information and a network slice type information for at least one service-related network slice in an overlapping network slice deployment, said network slice type information being indicative of a service-related capability of the at least one service-related network slice, and identification of a service-related network slice in the overlapping network slice deployment on the basis of the registered network slice mapping and a service.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- registering a network slice mapping between a network slice identification and a network slice type information for at least one service-related network slice in an overlapping network slice deployment, the network slice type information being indicative of a service-related capability of the at least one service-related network slice, and
- identifying the service-related network slice in the overlapping network slice deployment based on the registered network slice mapping and a service.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:
- registering a network slice mapping between a network slice identification and a network slice type information for at least one service-related network slice in an overlapping network slice deployment, the network slice type information being indicative of a service-related capability of the at least one service-related network slice, and
- identifying the service-related network slice in the overlapping network slice deployment based on the registered network slice mapping and a service.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:
- providing, to a communication-enabled device, an information regarding a network slice mapping between a network slice identification and a network slice type information for at least one service-related network slice in an overlapping network slice deployment, the network slice type information being indicative of a service-related capability of the at least one service-related network slice,
- wherein the information facilitates identification of the service-related network slice for a service in the overlapping network slice deployment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.