US 11,937,178 B2
Systems and methods for designing network slices using extensible components
Viswanath Kumar Skand Priya, Irving, TX (US); and Kristen Sydney Young, Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,251.
Application 18/151,251 is a continuation of application No. 17/088,362, filed on Nov. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,576,115.
Prior Publication US 2023/0142350 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising one or more devices that include:
one or more processors, and
a memory to store instructions executable by the processors, wherein the processors are configured to:
receive, from a user, design inputs for a network service deployment unit (NDU), a network service component, which defines a network slice, and a location component, wherein the location component specifies a particular network cloud in which the network slice is instantiated; and
instantiate the network slice in the particular network cloud in accordance with the location Component.