Systems and methods for managing network traffic with a network operator

A method for assuring Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance in a network slice, the method comprising:

• receiving a traffic level analysis indicative that the traffic carried within the network slice meets a condition, the traffic including a plurality of flows;
• determining that the received traffic level analysis is indicative of an unwanted traffic profile;
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• transmitting an instruction to a traffic controlling function associated with the network slice, the instruction comprising a modified traffic management parameter that prioritizes at least one of the plurality of flows to adjust the unwanted traffic profile within the slice.

A network function for managing traffic on a communications network corresponding to user equipment associated with a network operator, the network function comprising:

• a processor;
• an input interface for receiving an indication of an unwanted traffic profile indicative of the traffic corresponding to the user equipment, and parameters from the network operator for adjusting the traffic on the communications network in accordance with the traffic, wherein the traffic corresponding to the user equipment comprises a plurality of flows;
• an output interface for transmitting messages to a network functions function;
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• a non-transient memory storing instructions processor-executable code that when executed by the processor causes the network function to transmit, over the output interface, an instruction to a traffic enforcement function to modify traffic management parameters to adjust a traffic profile within the slice in accordance with the indication, the instruction further including a modified traffic management parameter to prioritize at least one of the plurality of flows.

A system for managing traffic on a communications network corresponding to user equipment associated with a network operator, the system comprising:

• a slice traffic monitoring function monitoring traffic within a network slice to produce a traffic level measurement, the traffic including a plurality of flows;
• a traffic analysis module receiving the traffic level measurement and determining a change in a traffic level associated with a plurality of devices within the network slice;
• a network operator response function receiving the indication and determining an instruction in response to the change in the traffic level, the instruction including a modified traffic management parameter that prioritizes at least one of the plurality of flows;
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• a network controller receiving the instruction to adjust the unwanted traffic profile within the slice.