US 12,225,402 B2
Network entities for managing distribution of slice service level agreement information in a communication network
Wint Yi Poe, Munich (DE); Riccardo Trivisonno, Munich (DE); Clarissa Marquezan, Munich (DE); and Mirko Schramm, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,021.
Application 17/740,021 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/080577, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264357 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0247 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0263 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling distribution of slice service level agreement (SLA) information of a network slice in a mobile communication network, wherein the system comprises:
a plurality of network control entities; and
a network entity configured to:
obtain a plurality of slice SLA indications from the plurality of network control entities; and
provide local slice SLA information to at least one network control entity of the plurality of network control entities or to at least one other network control entity, wherein the local slice SLA information is based on the obtained plurality of slice SLA indications;
wherein the plurality of slice SLA indications comprises a delegation request of quota enforcement for enforcing a quota based on global slice SLA information; and
wherein the network entity is configured to manage and control a global quota status.