US 2026/0304501 A1Published application

On-demand hybrid slice connections via customer premises equipment

AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.

InventorJasinder Pal Singh

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Abstract

A method for providing on-demand slice connections in a telecommunications network includes receiving, by a slice orchestrator, a request from a user device to establish an on-demand network slice connection. The request includes the device's geographic location and a first set of properties. The orchestrator can determine whether the user device is connected to the network via broadband wireless internet facilitated by customer premises equipment (CPE). This determination involves determining whether the device is located within a threshold distance of the CPE, which communicates with a base station through a broadband network slice with a second set of properties. If the device is connected via broadband wireless internet, the orchestrator can establish a hybrid slice network connection between the base station and the CPE. The hybrid connection combines the first and second set of properties, allowing the user device to connect through the CPE.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for providing on-demand slice connections in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a slice orchestrator of the telecommunications network, a request from a user device to establish an on-demand network slice connection,
wherein the request includes an indication of a geographic location of the user device, and
wherein the request identifies a first set of properties requested for the on-demand network slice connection;
using the geographic location of the user device, determining, by the slice orchestrator, whether the user device is in communication with the telecommunications network via a broadband wireless internet facilitated by a customer premises equipment (CPE),
wherein determining that the user device is in communication with the telecommunications network via the broadband wireless internet comprises determining that the geographic location of the user device is within a threshold distance of a location of the CPE, and
wherein the CPE is in communication with a base station of the telecommunications network via a broadband network slice having a second set of properties for the broadband wireless internet;
and
responsive to the determination that the user device is in communication with the telecommunications network via the broadband wireless internet,
establishing, by the slice orchestrator, a hybrid slice network connection between the base station and the CPE,
wherein the hybrid slice network connection has a hybrid set of properties comprising a combination of at least one property of the first set of properties and at least one property of the second set of properties, and
wherein the user device connects to the hybrid slice network via the CPE.

8 more elements

A slice orchestrator for providing on-demand slice connections in a telecommunications network, the slice orchestrator comprising:

at least one hardware processor;
and
at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the slice orchestrator to:
receive a request from a user device to establish an on-demand network slice connection,
wherein the request includes an indication of a geographic location of the user device, and
wherein the request identifies a first set of properties requested for the on-demand network slice connection;
using the geographic location of the user device, determine whether the user device is in communication with the telecommunications network via a first wireless internet facilitated by a customer premises equipment (CPE),
wherein the first wireless internet is associated with a second set of properties;
and
responsive to the determination that the user device is in communication with the telecommunications network via the first wireless internet,
establish, by the slice orchestrator, a hybrid slice network connection between a base station and the CPE,
wherein the hybrid slice network connection has a hybrid set of properties comprising a combination of at least one of the first set of properties and at least one of the second set of properties, and
wherein the user device connects to the hybrid slice network via the CPE.

10 more elements

At least one non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions recorded thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one data processor of a slice orchestrator of a telecommunications system, cause the slice orchestrator to:

receive a request from a user device to establish an on-demand network slice connection,
wherein the request includes an indication of a geographic location of the user device, and
wherein the request identifies a first set of properties requested for the on-demand network slice connection;
using the geographic location of the user device, determine whether the user device is in communication with the telecommunications network via a first wireless internet facilitated by a customer premises equipment (CPE),
wherein the first wireless internet is associated with a second set of properties;
and
responsive to the determination that the user device is in communication with the telecommunications network via the first wireless internet,
establish, by the slice orchestrator, a hybrid slice network connection between a base station and the CPE,
wherein the hybrid slice network connection has a hybrid set of properties comprising a combination of at least one of the first set of properties and at least one of the second set of properties, and
wherein the user device connects to the hybrid slice network via the CPE.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.