Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Kostas Katsalis

Konstantinos Samdanis

Shuping Peng

Joan Triay Marques

Kosuke Taniguchi

Yuya Kuno

A transport network slice subset management entity is configured to provide an NSSMF of a TN, wherein the transport network slice subset management entity is configured to receive from or send messages to a network slice management entity and to provide configuration information to entities of a transport network. A method for interfacing with a transport network slice subset management entity, comprises the steps receiving, from a request originator, a message comprising a request relating to a network slice subset instance, updating a network slice database of a transport network, according to said request and configuring an entity of a transport network according to said request. A network slice management entity configured to provide an NSMF is configured to send messages to or receive messages from a transport network slice subset management entity.

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Munich, Germany

Kostas Katsalis