| CPC H04W 28/24 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |
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1. An apparatus for providing resilient network slicing, the apparatus comprising:
memory circuitry; and
processor circuitry connected to the memory circuitry, the processor circuitry to execute instructions of a network slice manager, which, when executed are to cause the processor circuitry to:
collect performance metrics related to a communication network from one or more data sources within the communication network, wherein the communication environment includes a set of network slices, wherein each network slice of the set of network slices is a logical network that provides one or more network capabilities;
determine a network slice configuration for an individual network slice of the set of network slices based on an analysis of the collected performance metrics in view of a service level agreement (SLA) with a service consumer, wherein the determined network slice configuration includes of at least one of an assignment of one or more dedicated network elements to the individual network slice, a network access network (NAN) configuration for the individual network slice, and an assignment of dedicated or prioritized radio resources for the individual network slice; and
cause the network slice configuration to be deployed or provisioned to a NAN in the communication network, the network slice configuration to cause the NAN to reconfigure one or more network parameters to implement the individual network slice according to the network slice configuration.
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