US 12,294,924 B2
Distributed ledger control over wireless network slices
Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Mission Hills, KS (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,369.
Application 18/314,369 is a continuation of application No. 17/519,035, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,683,672.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276213 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/50 (2018.02) [H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A wireless communication network to serve a wireless communication device over a wireless network slice using one or more distributed ledger nodes, the wireless communication network comprising:
the one or more distributed ledger nodes configured to transfer a slice request for the wireless communication device to a network orchestrator;
the network orchestrator configured to instantiate the wireless network slice for the wireless communication device responsive to the slice request;
the wireless network slice configured to transfer user data for the wireless communication device and responsively transfer slice usage data for the wireless communication device to the one or more distributed ledger nodes;
the one or more distributed ledger nodes further configured to store the slice usage data for the wireless communication device;
the one or more distributed ledger nodes further configured to transfer a termination request to the network orchestrator; and
the network orchestrator further configured to terminate the wireless network slice for the wireless communication device responsive to the termination request.