Parallel path 5G network slice

A communication system, comprising:

• a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network attachment interface;
• a non-3GPP Inter-Working Function (N3IWF) network attachment interface;
• and
• a core network including a non-transitory memory including instructions for implementing a telemetry coordination manager, the telemetry coordination manager configured to:
• bind the 3GPP network attachment interface and the N3IWF network attachment interface to a same network slice of the core network such that a communication session in the network slice is simultaneously maintainable through the 3GPP network attachment interface and through the N3IWF network attachment interface.

A method, comprising:

• requesting, by a first communication device, a first service of a core network, wherein the first communication device receives network connectivity via a first network attachment type, and wherein the first communication device is bound to a network slice;
• communicating, by the first communication device, first data to the network slice in the core network via the first network attachment type;
• requesting, by a second communication device, a second service of the core network, wherein the second communication device receives network connectivity via a second network attachment type simultaneously with the first communication device receiving network connectivity via the first network attachment type, wherein the first and second network attachment types are different, and wherein a telemetry coordination manager of the core network binds the second communication device to the network slice such that the first and second communication devices using different network attachment types are bound to the same network slice;
• and
• communicating, by the first communication device, second data to the network slice in the core network via the second network attachment type.