Network slicing capacity planning based on throughput variation and latency variation
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsJin Yang, Ravi Potluri
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Abstract
A network device determines at least one of throughput variation and latency variation associated with at least one flow transiting a network slice of a mobile network. The network device compares the at least one of the throughput variation and the latency variation with performance requirements of the network slice, and determines, based on the comparing, network slice resources needed for capacity planning of the network slice. The network device adds or removes network slice resources from the network slice based on the determined network slice resources.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining at least one of throughput variation and latency variation associated with at least one flow transiting a network slice of a mobile network;
- comparing the at least one of the throughput variation and the latency variation with performance requirements of the network slice;
- determining, based on the comparing, network slice resources needed for capacity planning of the network slice;
- and
- adding or removing network slice resources from the network slice based on the determined network slice resources.
A network device, comprising:
- at least one communication interface configured to communicate via a mobile network;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- determine at least one of throughput variation and latency variation associated with at least one flow transiting a network slice of a mobile network,
- compare the at least one of the throughput variation and the latency variation with performance requirements of the network slice,
- determine, based on the comparing, network slice resources needed for capacity planning of the network slice, and
- cause network slice resources to be added or removed from the network slice based on the determined network slice resources.
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by a network device, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to cause the network device to:
- determine at least one of throughput variation and latency variation associated with at least one flow transiting a network slice of a mobile network;
- compare the at least one of the throughput variation and the latency variation with performance requirements of the network slice;
- determine, based on the comparing, network slice resources needed for capacity planning of the network slice;
- and
- add or remove network slice resources from the network slice based on the determined network slice resources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.