US 12,342,267 B2
Network slice selection in a wireless telecommunications network
Amit Kalra, Gurgaon (IN); Ashish Gupta, Delhi (IN); Himanshu Arora, Faridabad (IN); and Mukesh Kumar, New Delhi (IN)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/433,205
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IN2019/050158
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/174482, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141762 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for selecting a network slice in a wireless telecommunications network having a plurality of network slices, each network slice being associated with a defined portion of a core network of the wireless telecommunications network and each network slice having a slice characteristic, the method comprising:
receiving a network request originating from a user equipment (UE), the network request comprising a user identification (ID) associated with the UE;
obtaining a user profile associated with the user ID, wherein the user profile comprises a plurality of service patterns associated with the user ID, each service pattern being further associated with a defined time period for the user ID, wherein each service pattern includes an average data download for the user ID, an average duration of a voice or data session for the user ID, an average number of voice or data sessions for a time period for the user ID, or an average latency offered for the user ID; and
selecting one network slice from the plurality of network slices for the UE based at least partly on a time period associated with the network request, a service pattern associated with the time period and associated with the user ID included in the user profile, and the slice characteristic of each network slice.