System and method for a distributed ledger for base station slicing using blockchain

A method comprising:

• (a) determining base station capacity of a plurality of base stations owned by at least one mobile operator;
• (b) slicing determined base station capacity of the plurality of base stations determined in (a) into one or more slices, wherein each slice in the one or more slices are generated by a Radio Access Network (RAN) controller, each unused slice usable by another mobile operator either on a short-term basis or long-term basis, wherein the another mobile operator is different than the at least one mobile operator, and wherein each unused slice is either allocated or made available to the another mobile operator;
• (c) translating information associated with one or more slices into transactions in a block;
• (d) storing the block in a blockchain ledger and distributing the blockchain ledger to one or more peer ledgers;
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• (e) viewing transactions in the block in the form of slice information.

A system that comprises the components of

• (a) a Radio Access Network (RAN) controller determining base station capacity of a plurality of base stations owned by at least one mobile operator, slicing determined base station capacity of the plurality of base stations determined in (a) into one or more slices, wherein each unused slice is usable by another mobile operator either on a short-term basis or long-term basis, and wherein the another mobile operator is different than the at least one mobile operator, and wherein each unused slice is either allocated or made available to the another mobile operator;
• (b) a distributed blockchain ledger recording slice transactions within a block wherein the blockchain ledger is distributed to all mobile operators in the system;
• (c) an application, communicating with blockchain ledger, converting between slice information and transactions in the block;
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• (d) a ledger browser application for viewing slice information.