Method and system for network slice usage subscription
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsSuzann Hua, Ye Huang, Jude M. Munn, Parry Cornell Booker, Miguel A. Carames
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Abstract
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage subscription service is provided. The network slice usage subscription service may allow a network device to obtain network slice usage information and event notifications. The event notification may indicate when an end device is using a network slice and when the end device is no longer the network slice. The network device may include an application function (AF) device. The network device may use the event notification to perform an operation relating to the network slice and/or the end device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- subscribing, by a network device, to a service with a first network device;
- receiving, by the network device from the first network device, network slice usage information pertaining to a network slice;
- generating, by the network device after the receiving, a request to be notified when an end device is using the network slice and subsequently notified when no longer using the network slice;
- transmitting, by the network device to the first network device, the request;
- and
- receiving, by the network device, a notification that includes information indicating that the end device is using or no longer using the network slice.
A network device comprising:
- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- subscribe to a service with a first network device;
- receive, from first network device, network slice usage information pertaining to a network slice;
- generate, after the receiving, a request to be notified when an end device is using the network slice and subsequently notified no longer using the network slice;
- transmit the request to the first network device;
- and
- receive a notification that includes information indicating that the end device is using or no longer using the network slice.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a network device, wherein the instructions are configured to:
- subscribe to a service with a first network device;
- receive, from first network device, network slice usage information pertaining to a network slice;
- generate, after the receiving, a request to be notified when an end device is using the network slice and subsequently notified no longer using the network slice;
- transmit the request to the first network device;
- and
- receive a notification that includes information indicating that the end device is using or no longer using the network slice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.