US 11,838,789 B2
End-to-end secure communications for privileged 5G network traffic
Paramvir Bahl, Bellevue, WA (US); and Rachee Singh, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,252.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199552 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/12 (2021.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04J 14/0257 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing an end-to-end slice of a 5G (fifth generation) network comprising a radio access network (RAN) and a wide area network (WAN), the method comprising:
exposing a user interface to enable a user to select properties that are applicable to the end-to-end 5G network slice;
implementing a RAN slice controller that is operatively coupled to physical infrastructure underlying the RAN including a radio frequency (RF) air interface to user equipment (UE) provided by a radio unit (RU);
implementing a WAN slice controller that is operatively coupled to physical infrastructure underlying the WAN including one or more long-haul optical systems; and
interoperating the RAN and WAN slice controllers over an interface to instantiate a 5G network slice that includes a slice of the RAN and a slice of the WAN and in which the selected properties are provisioned across the instantiated 5G network slice from end to end.