Systems and methods for designing network slices using extensible components
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsViswanath Kumar Skand Priya, Kristen Sydney Young
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Abstract
A system may include one or more devices that with processors. The processors are configured to: receive instructions to assemble a slice service design for a network using slice design components; store the slice service design; and receive a request to deploy a slice service specified by the slice service design. The processors may be configured to: deploy the slice service in subnets of the network; or deploy services defined by portions of the slice service design in some of the subnets of the network.
Claims20
A system comprising one or more devices that include processors, wherein the processors are configured to:
- receive design inputs for a network service deployment unit (NDU), a network service component which defines a network slice, and a location unit that specifies a particular network cloud in which the network slice is to be instantiated;
- and
- instantiate the network slice in the network cloud in accordance with the location unit.
A method comprising:
- receiving design inputs for a network service deployment unit (NDU), a network service component which defines a network slice, and a location unit that specifies a particular network cloud in which the network slice is to be instantiated;
- and
- instantiating the network slice in the network cloud in accordance with the location unit.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions, which when executed by processors, cause the processors to:
- receive design inputs for a network service deployment unit (NDU), a network service component which defines a network slice, and a location unit that specifies a particular network cloud in which the network slice is to be instantiated;
- and
- instantiate the network slice in the network cloud in accordance with the location unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.