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; and
transmitting an instruction to a network operator accessible function associated with the network slice 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.
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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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16 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; and transmitting an instruction to a network operator accessible function associated with the network slice 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. 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; an output interface for transmitting messages to a network functions; and a non-transient memory storing instructions 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. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. 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 indicative of the traffic enabled by the network slice; and instructing the network slice to adjust the traffic according to the traffic level.
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16. 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.
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