Network slice management
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications public limited company
InventorsAndrew CORSTON-PETRIE, Ruth BROWN, Jonathan HART
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Abstract
A method of managing allocation of a User Equipment (UE) to a network slice of a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network having a plurality of network slices, wherein the UE is allocated to a first network slice to process a network communication from the UE, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring a suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication; identifying a second network slice that is suitable for processing the network communication; and in response to identifying a lack of suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication, registering the UE with the second network slice prior to registering the UE with the first network slice.
Claims21
A method of managing allocation of a User Equipment (UE) to a network slice of a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network having a plurality of network slices, wherein the UE is allocated to a first network slice for processing a network communication from the UE, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring a suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication;
- identifying a second network slice that is suitable for processing the network communication;
- and
- in response to identifying a lack of suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication, registering the UE with the second network slice prior to registering the UE with the first network slice.
A telecommunications network for managing allocation of a User Equipment (UE) to a network slice, the telecommunication network comprising:
- a first network slice and a second network slice, the UE being allocated to the first network slice for processing a network communication from the UE;
- a processor for monitoring a suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication and for identifying a second network slice that is suitable for processing the network communication;
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- a controller for registering the UE with the second network slice prior to registering the UE with the first network slice in response to identifying a lack of suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.