System and method to facilitate slice management in a network environment
US10178646B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving, by a mobility management frontend, an attach request for a user equipment (UE) to attach the UE to a core network slice type for a mobile core Software Defined Network (SDN) infrastructure, wherein a plurality of core network slice types are available for the mobile core SDN infrastructure to receive traffic from a plurality of UEs; determining a particular core network slice type within the mobile core SDN infrastructure to serve the UE based on subscriber information associated with the UE; selecting a particular slice instance of the particular core network slice type to receive traffic for the UE; and forwarding traffic for the UE between a Radio Access Network (RAN) and the particular slice instance by the mobility management frontend.
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