Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Fabio Ronca

Francesca Marfia

Antonio Buonocunto

Andrea Formica

Francesco Conte

Methods and apparatuses in the field of network slice management are disclosed. A method of managing, by means of an activation code management server (), a plurality of activation codes () in a network includes steps of: providing (S), for each of a plurality of network slices, a network slice identifier () in correspondence with a network slice; providing (S) at least one VNF-product identifier (), each VNF-product identifier () being in correspondence with a VNF; providing (S) a plurality of activation code indicators (), each activation code indicator (being indicative of one or more of the plurality of activation codes (); and associating each of the plurality of activation code indicators () with a corresponding network slice identifier () and a corresponding VNF-product identifier ().

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Fabio Ronca