Systems and methods for managing network traffic with a network operator
First Claim
1. A method for managing network slice enabled traffic on a communications network, the network slice instantiated on the communications network for providing connectivity resources to a network operator using the communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving a traffic level measurement indicative of the traffic carried within the network slice, the traffic including a plurality of flows;
determining that the received traffic level measurement is indicative of an unwanted traffic profile; and
transmitting an instruction to a network operator accessible function associated with the network slice, the instruction including a modified traffic management parameter that prioritizes at least one of the plurality of flows to adjust the unwanted traffic profile within the slice.
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Abstract
A method for managing network slice enabled traffic on a communications network is disclosed. The network slice is instantiated on the communications network for providing connectivity resources to a network operator using the communications network. The method comprises measuring a traffic level indicative of the traffic enabled by the network slice; and adjusting the traffic enabled by the network slice in accordance with the traffic level and a network operator enabled function associated with the network slice.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing network slice enabled traffic on a communications network, the network slice instantiated on the communications network for providing connectivity resources to a network operator using the communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving a traffic level measurement indicative of the traffic carried within the network slice, the traffic including a plurality of flows; determining that the received traffic level measurement is indicative of an unwanted traffic profile; and transmitting an instruction to a network operator accessible function associated with the network slice, the instruction including a modified traffic management parameter that prioritizes at least one of the plurality of flows to adjust the unwanted traffic profile within the slice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A network controller for managing traffic on a communications network corresponding to user equipment associated with a network operator, the network controller comprising:
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a processor; an input interface for receiving a traffic level from the communications network indicative of the traffic corresponding to the user equipment, and parameters from the network operator for adjusting the traffic on the communications network in accordance with the traffic level, wherein the traffic corresponding to the user equipment comprises a plurality of flows; an output interface for transmitting messages to a network function; and a non-transient memory storing processor-executable code that when executed by the processor causes the network controller to transmit, over the output interface, an instruction to a network operator accessible function to modify traffic management parameters to adjust a traffic profile within the slice in accordance with a determination that the received traffic level measurement is indicative of an unwanted traffic profile, the instruction further including a modified traffic management parameter to prioritize at least one of the plurality of flows. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method for managing network slice enabled traffic on a communications network, the network slice instantiated on the communications network for providing connectivity resources to a network operator using the communications network, the method comprising:
receiving a traffic level indicative of the traffic enabled by the network slice, the traffic including a plurality of flows; and
instructing the network slice to adjust the traffic according to the traffic level based at least in part on a modified traffic management parameter that prioritizes at least one of the plurality of flows to adjust an unwanted traffic profile within the slice.
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15. A method for managing traffic enabled by a network slice on a communications network, the method comprising:
- providing parameters to a network operator accessible function associated with the network slice, the parameters for instructing the network operator accessible function to manage traffic in accordance with a traffic level indicative of the traffic enabled by the network slice;
wherein the traffic enabled by the network slice comprises a plurality of flows, and the parameters further include a modified traffic management parameter to prioritize at least one of the plurality of flows to adjust an unwanted traffic profile within the slice. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- providing parameters to a network operator accessible function associated with the network slice, the parameters for instructing the network operator accessible function to manage traffic in accordance with a traffic level indicative of the traffic enabled by the network slice;
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