Detecting presence of radio access network (ran) sharing and determining ran sharing type

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system, a message for implementing a network slice of a Radio Access Network (RAN), the message comprising a profile that includes a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier for the RAN and a first operating bands value;
• based at least in part on determining that at least one RAN slice subnet is provisioned within the RAN with a second PLMN identifier and the first operating bands value, determining, by the computing system, a RAN sharing type is Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN);
• based at least in part on determining that no RAN slice subnet is provisioned within the RAN with the second PLMN identifier and the first operating bands value, determining, by the computing system, the RAN sharing type is Multi-Operator RAN (MORAN);
• and
• managing, by the computing system and based on the determined RAN sharing type, the network slice in the RAN.

Non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause processing circuitry to:

• receive a message for implementing a network slice of a Radio Access Network (RAN), the message comprising a profile that includes a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier for the RAN and a first operating bands value;
• based at least in part on determining that at least one RAN slice subnet is provisioned within the RAN with a second PLMN identifier and the first operating bands value, determining a RAN sharing type is Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN);
• based at least in part on determining that no RAN slice subnet is provisioned within the RAN with the second PLMN identifier and the first operating bands value, determining the RAN sharing type is Multi-Operator RAN (MORAN);
• and
• manage, based on the determined RAN sharing type, the network slice in the RAN.