INTERACTION BETWEEN 5G AND NON-5G MANAGEMENT FUNCTION ENTITIES

    公开(公告)号:US20190132218A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16147178

    申请日:2018-09-28

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 H04L29/06

    摘要: A method of providing telecommunication communication services to a customer, comprising, at a network management function (MF) of a telecommunication service provider: receiving an order in accordance with an agreement as to terms of a telecommunications service offering; accessing network resources that satisfy the terms of the service offering; initializing an instance of the service offering using the resources accessible thereby, creating at least one interface by which the telecommunications service offering is made available to the customer; and exposing each of the at least one created interfaces to enable a network MF of the customer to use the telecommunication.service offering.

    LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR NSI AND CSI
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190052579A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US16058695

    申请日:2018-08-08

    IPC分类号: H04L12/911 H04L12/24

    摘要: A network management entity configured to: deactivate a Network Slice Instance without releasing network resources previously allocated to the Network Slice Instance; and subsequent to deactivating the Network Slice Instance, activating the Network Slice Instance using the network resources previously allocated to the Network Slice Instance. A Network Slice Management Function (NSMF) perform slice specific Lifecycle Management (LCM) for a Network Slice Instance (NSI) based on Communication Service Instance (CSI) requirements is also disclosed. Customer Service Management Function (CSMF) for receiving service requirements from a Service Manager (SM) and transmitting the CSI requirements a Network Slice Management Function (NSMF) is also disclosed.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK SLICING
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190021010A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-17

    申请号:US16026563

    申请日:2018-07-03

    IPC分类号: H04W16/10 H04L12/24

    摘要: An aspect of the disclosure provides a method of network slice management performed by a Communication Service Management Function (CSMF). The method includes receiving service requirements and receiving capability exposure information. The method further includes transmitting network slice requirements in accordance with the service requirements and capability exposure information. In some embodiments the capability exposure information is received from a Network Slice Management Function (NSMF). In some embodiments the network slice requirements are transmitted to the NSMF. Other aspects are directed to methods implemented by an NSMF and a Network Sub-Slice Management Function (NSSMF). Other aspects are directed to the network functions themselves.