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Network slice management

US11665635B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company · GB

Inventors

Andrew CORSTON-PETRIE · London, GB
Ruth BROWN · London, GB
Jonathan Hart · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	May 30, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method of managing processing resources in a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network having a plurality of network slices and a User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE is allocated to a first network slice to process a network communication from the UE, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring a suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication; identifying a second network slice that is suitable for processing the network communication; and in response to identifying a lack of suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication, reallocating processing resources from the second network slice to the first network slice whilst the UE remains allocated to the first network slice.

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