NETWORK SLICING OPERATION

Abstract: systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided for a network control node for connecting a wireless transmit/receive unit (wtru) to a network slice in a network. the network control node may receive service information associated with a service being requested by the wtru, wherein the service information comprises one or more of a service class, a quality of service (qos) requirement, or a mobility characteristic. the network control node may determine slice information associated with a plurality of network slices, wherein the slice information comprises one or more of an identifier of the network slice, priority of the network slice, a service class served by the network slice, a target device class, a qos target, mobility support, security service, charging information, and/or performance information. the network control node may determine subscriber information for the wtru. the network control node may select at least a first network slice of the plurality of network slices to serve the wtru, wherein the network control node selects the first network slice based on the service information, the slice information associated with the first network slice, and the subscriber information for the wtru. the network control node may determine whether the network control node or another network control node should service the wtru for accessing the first network slice. on condition that the network control node determines that the network control node should service the wtru for accessing the first network slice, the network control node may provide at least one network service associated with the first network slice to the wtru. or, on condition that the network control node determines that the another network control node should service the wtru for accessing the first network slice, the network control node may send a request to the another network control node that indicates that the another network control node should service the wtru for accessing the first network slice.

Inventor(s): Guanzhou Wang, Mahmoud Watfa, Saad Ahmad

CPC Classification: H04W16/04 (Traffic adaptive resource partitioning)

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