System and method of managing data connections to a communication network using tiered devices

A method of managing data connections to a communication network;

• comprising:
• initiating a tiered communication network access policy by:
• detecting the connection of one of a plurality of endpoint devices to the communication network via one of a plurality of access points;
• receiving data descriptive of a tier assigned to the endpoint device;
• determining if a communication channel is available on the communication network for the endpoint device to use;
• based on the tier assigned to the endpoint device, determining which communication channel among a plurality of communication channels to allow the endpoint to access the communication network with;
• and
• determining which, among the plurality of access points within the network to facilitate the endpoint device to communicatively coupled to the communication network;
• and
• reallocating endpoint access to the one of the plurality of access points based on:
• a number of endpoint devices communicatively coupled to the communication network via any of the access points of the plurality of access points;
• the tier assigned to each of the endpoint devices;
• and
• slice requirements for each endpoint device.

An information handling system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• an evolved packet core to initiate a tiered communication network access policy by:
• detecting the connection of a plurality of endpoint devices to the communication network via a plurality of access points;
• receiving data descriptive of a tier assigned to each of the endpoint devices;
• and
• determining if a communication channel is available on the communication network for each of the endpoint devices to use;
• a network slicing module to form a plurality of virtualized logical networks associated with the evolved packet core;
• and
• a load balancing module to:
• based on the tier assigned to each of the plurality of endpoint devices and the virtualized logical network that each of the plurality of endpoint devices is coupled to, determine which communication channel among a plurality of communication channels to allow the endpoint devices to access the communication network with;
• and
• determine which, among the plurality of access points within the network to facilitate the endpoint devices to communicatively coupled to the communication network;
• and
• reallocate endpoint device access to the one of the plurality of access points based on:
• a number of endpoint devices communicatively coupled to the communication network via any of the access points of the plurality of access points;
• the tier assigned to each of the endpoint devices;
• and
• virtualized logical network requirements for each of the plurality of endpoint devices.