A system and method obtains time-sensitive network application configuration information of an application communicatively coupled to a 5G network; shares the time-sensitive network application configuration information with a network slice configuration mechanism of the 5G network; determines, by the network slice configuration mechanism, a transmission schedule based on the time-sensitive network application configuration information; reserves an amount of network resources of the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule; and facilitates transmission of data from the application via the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule.