Method for routing in a communication network, communication network, program and computer program product
First Claim
1. A method for routing in a communication network, the communication network including:
- a) a first network slice, wherein the first network slice comprises multiple first-slice resources;
b) a second network slice, wherein the second network slice comprises multiple second-slice resources; and
c) a control unit for controlling data flow in the first network slice, in the second network slice and between the first network slice and the second network slice;
wherein the method comprises the following steps;
in a first step, providing a template data set including a routing cost indication for a first second-slice resource to the control unit; and
in a second step, subsequent to the first step, determining if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource complies with a predefined routing requirement of the second network slice, and, if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource is found to be non-compliant, determining a first-slice resource and routing network traffic from a second second-slice resource via the first-slice resource to a third second-slice resource.
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Abstract
A method for routing in a communication network includes: in a first step, providing a template data set including a routing cost indication for a first second-slice resource to a control unit; and in a second step, subsequent to the first step, determining if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource complies with a predefined routing requirement of a second network slice, and, if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource is found to be non-compliant, determining a first-slice resource and routing network traffic from a second second-slice resource via the first-slice resource to a third second-slice resource.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for routing in a communication network, the communication network including:
- a) a first network slice, wherein the first network slice comprises multiple first-slice resources;
b) a second network slice, wherein the second network slice comprises multiple second-slice resources; and
c) a control unit for controlling data flow in the first network slice, in the second network slice and between the first network slice and the second network slice;
wherein the method comprises the following steps;in a first step, providing a template data set including a routing cost indication for a first second-slice resource to the control unit; and in a second step, subsequent to the first step, determining if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource complies with a predefined routing requirement of the second network slice, and, if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource is found to be non-compliant, determining a first-slice resource and routing network traffic from a second second-slice resource via the first-slice resource to a third second-slice resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a) a first network slice, wherein the first network slice comprises multiple first-slice resources;
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8. A communication network, comprising:
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a first network slice, wherein the first network slice comprises multiple first-slice resources; a second network slice, wherein the second network slice comprises multiple second-slice resources; and a control unit for controlling data flow in the first network slice, in the second network slice, and between the first network slice and the second network slice; wherein the control unit is configured to; receive a template data set including a routing cost indication for a first second-slice resource; determine if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource complies with a predefined routing requirement of the second network slice, and, if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource is found to be non-compliant, determine a first-slice resource and route network traffic from a second second-slice resource via the first-slice resource to a third second-slice resource.
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions for routing in a communication network, the communication network including:
- a first network slice, wherein the first network slice comprises multiple first-slice resources;
a second network slice, wherein the second network slice comprises multiple second-slice resources; and
a control unit for controlling data flow in the first network slice, in the second network slice and between the first network slice and the second network slice;
wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate the following steps;in a first step, providing a template data set including a routing cost indication for a first second-slice resource to the control unit; and in a second step, subsequent to the first step, determining if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource complies with a predefined routing requirement of the second network slice, and, if the routing cost indication of the first second-slice resource is found to be non-compliant, determining a first-slice resource and routing network traffic from a second second-slice resource via the first-slice resource to a third second-slice resource.
- a first network slice, wherein the first network slice comprises multiple first-slice resources;
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