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US 12,764,017 B2Granted
Service management and orchestration for private and public mobile networks
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsOguz Oktay, Edward Wai Hong Choh, Arda Akman
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Abstract
A Private Mobile Network (PMN) orchestrator sends, to a controller for a public mobile network, a message indicating one or more network functions for a private mobile network slice for a private mobile network and configuration information for the private mobile network slice. In some examples, the message is a Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA) NEtwork Slice Type (NEST) extended to specify the one or more network functions for the private mobile network slice and the configuration information for the private mobile network slice. The message enables the public mobile network to deploy a public mobile network slice that extends the private mobile network slice.
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A computing system comprising:
- processing circuitry;
- and
- storage media comprising instructions executable by the processing circuitry to cause the computing system to execute a Private Mobile Network (PMN) orchestrator, wherein the PMN orchestrator is configured to:
- generate an extended Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA) NEtwork Slice Type (NEST) by mapping one or more core network functions and one or more Radio Access Network (RAN) functions for the private mobile network slice and configuration information for the private mobile network slice to an extended GSMA Generic Network Slice Template (GST),
- wherein the extended GSMA GST comprises a GSMA GST extended to include attributes for one or more network functions of a mobile network slice, and
- wherein the extended GSMA NEST comprises a GSMA NEST extended to include values for the attributes of the extended GSMA GST, the values specifying the one or more core network functions and the one or more RAN functions for the private mobile network slice and the configuration information for the private mobile network slice;
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- send, to one of a Communication Service Management Function (CSMF) or a Network Services Management Function (NSMF) for a public mobile network, the extended GSMA NEST to enable the one of the CSMF or the NSME for the public mobile network to provision a public mobile network slice extending the private mobile network slice using the one or more core network functions and the one or more RAN functions for the private mobile network slice.
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A method comprising:
- generating, by a Private Mobile Network (PMN) orchestrator executed by processing circuitry, an extended Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA) NEtwork Slice Type (NEST) by mapping one or more core network functions and one or more Radio Access Network (RAN) functions for the private mobile network slice and configuration information for the private mobile network slice to an extended GSMA Generic Network Slice Template (GST).
- wherein the extended GSMA GST comprises a GSMA GST extended to include attributes for one or more network functions of a mobile network slice, and
- wherein the extended GSMA NEST comprises a GSMA NEST extended to include values for the attributes of the extended GSMA GST, the values specifying the one or more core network functions and the one or more RAN functions for the private mobile network slice and the configuration information for the private mobile network slice;
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- sending, by the PMN orchestrator and to one of a Communication Service Management Function (CSMF) or a Network Services Management Function (NSMF) for a public mobile network, the extended GSMA NEST to enable the one of the CSMF or the NSME for the public mobile network to provision a public mobile network slice extending the private mobile network slice using the one or more core network functions and the one or more RAN functions for the private mobile network slice.
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Non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause processing circuitry to:
- execute a Private Mobile Network (PMN) orchestrator configured to:
- generate an extended Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA) NEtwork Slice Type (NEST) by mapping one or more core network functions and one or more Radio Access Network (RAN) functions for the private mobile network slice and configuration information for the private mobile network slice to an extended GSMA Generic Network Slice Template (GST),
- wherein the extended GSMA GST comprises a GSMA GST extended to include attributes for one or more network functions of a mobile network slice, and
- wherein the extended GSMA NEST comprises a GSMA NEST extended to include values for the attributes of the extended GSMA GST, the values specifying the one or more core network functions and the one or more RAN functions for the private mobile network slice and the configuration information for the private mobile network slice;
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- send, to one of a Communication Service Management Function (CSMF) or a Network Services Management Function (NSMF) for a public mobile network, the extended GSMA NEST one of the CSMF or the NSME for the public mobile network to provision a public mobile network slice extending the private mobile network slice using the one or more core network functions and the one or more RAN functions for the private mobile network slice.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.