METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING NETWORK FUNCTIONS WITH A NETWORK SLICE INSTANCE OF A MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK

According to one embodiment, a method for associating network functions with a network slice instance of a mobile radio communication network is described comprising an Network Slice Management Function, NSMF, creating an identifier for a network slice instance, NSI, for Operations Administration an...

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Main Authors SAMA, Malla Reddy, MINOKUCHI, Atsushi, THAKOLSRI, Srisakul
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 06.11.2019
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:According to one embodiment, a method for associating network functions with a network slice instance of a mobile radio communication network is described comprising an Network Slice Management Function, NSMF, creating an identifier for a network slice instance, NSI, for Operations Administration and Management, OAM, wherein the mobile radio communication network comprises a core network and an OAM system, wherein the OAM system comprises at least the NSMF which has interfaces to network functions in the core network, wherein the network functions provide a communication service to a mobile terminal and wherein the core network further comprises a Network Repository Function, NRF, that maintains an association of network functions and network slice instances of the mobile radio communication network; and the NSMF or the NRF notifying one or more network functions about their association with the network slice instance.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20170169989