US 11,943,653 B2
Dynamic addition of network resources based on application function notification
Humberto Jose La Roche, Ocean, NJ (US); Vimal Srivastava, Bangalore (IN); Sri Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US); and Timothy P. Stammers, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/566,267.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217297 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04W 72/543 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by Application Function (AF) of a service provider, a network congestion on a network, the network congestion indicating that network resources for servicing a user device using services of the service provider do not meet corresponding Quality of Service (QoS) requirements; and
transmitting a notification by the AF to a core network of a network provider to request additional network resources to be allocated for servicing the user device, the additional network resources being within a spectrum owned by the AF in a radio access network operated by the network provider, the network provider providing network connectivity for the user device to receive the services provided by the service provider.