US 11,889,352 B2
Intelligent and optimal resource selection within a network slice
Ankush Ganpatrai Arora, Maharashtra (IN); Rajaneesh Sudhakar Shetty, Karnataka (IN); Ananya Simlai, Bangalore (IN); and Vinay Saini, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,190.
Application 17/675,190 is a continuation of application No. 16/536,555, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,297,534.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174542 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 16/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 28/08 (2013.01) [H04W 16/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
periodically monitoring resource utilization of a plurality of user plane functions to estimate a resource utilization level of respective user plane functions;
based on the periodically monitoring, storing a corresponding resource utilization level for the respective user plane functions; and
re-assigning a user plane traffic session from a relatively lower utilization user plane function to a relatively higher utilization user plane function based on the user plane traffic session having a resource utilization level indicator less than a first resource utilization threshold, wherein the user plane traffic session is active longer than a time duration threshold.