Enhancement for X2/Xn to support RAN slicing
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a network node of a communication network, one or more connections over one interface with another network node of the communication network;
based on the establishing, communicating, by the network node, within the one interface from the network node to the another network node over the one or more connections, information associated with multiple slices of the communication network, wherein the one interface is associated with more than one stream control transmission protocol connections,wherein each slice of the multiple slices has a specific set of radio resources mapped to it and is configured to serve specific users and specific radio resources of the communication network,wherein the information comprises a list of Information Elements, vectors of each of the Information Elements of the list, and indications of slice identifiers each identifying at least one slice of the multiple slices that correspond to each Information Element of the list to at least enable communication operations to serve the specific users and the specific radio resources of the communication network using specific slices of the multiple slices of the communication network based on the configuration of the specific slices; and
based on the communicating, controlling, by the network node, within the one interface the communication operations of the communication network using the multiple slices with the more than one stream control transmission protocol connections.
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Abstract
In accordance with the example embodiments of the invention there a method and apparatus to perform at least establishing, by a network node of a communication network, one or more connections over one or more interfaces with another network node of the communication network, and based on the establishing, communicating over the one or more connections, information associated with multiple slices of the communication network.
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing, by a network node of a communication network, one or more connections over one interface with another network node of the communication network; based on the establishing, communicating, by the network node, within the one interface from the network node to the another network node over the one or more connections, information associated with multiple slices of the communication network, wherein the one interface is associated with more than one stream control transmission protocol connections, wherein each slice of the multiple slices has a specific set of radio resources mapped to it and is configured to serve specific users and specific radio resources of the communication network, wherein the information comprises a list of Information Elements, vectors of each of the Information Elements of the list, and indications of slice identifiers each identifying at least one slice of the multiple slices that correspond to each Information Element of the list to at least enable communication operations to serve the specific users and the specific radio resources of the communication network using specific slices of the multiple slices of the communication network based on the configuration of the specific slices; and based on the communicating, controlling, by the network node, within the one interface the communication operations of the communication network using the multiple slices with the more than one stream control transmission protocol connections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; establish, with a network node of a communication network, one or more connections over one interface with another network node of the communication network; based on the establishing, communicate within the one interface from the network node to the another network node over the one or more connections, information associated with multiple slices of the communication network, wherein the one interface is associated with more than one stream control transmission protocol connections, wherein each slice of the multiple slices has a specific set of radio resources mapped to it and is configured to serve specific users and specific radio resources of the communication network, wherein the information comprises a list of Information Elements, vectors of each of the Information Elements of the list, and indications of slice identifiers each identifying at least one slice of the multiple slices that correspond to each Information Element of the list to at least enable communication operations to serve the specific users and the specific radio resources of the communication network using specific slices of the multiple slices of the communication network based on the configuration of the specific slices, and based on the communicating, controlling, by the network node, within the one interface the communication operations of the communication network using the multiple slices with the more than one stream control transmission protocol connections. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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