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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Ronald R. Marquardt, Woodinville, WA (US);
Arun Rajagopal, Leawood, KS (US);
Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Mission Hills, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network implements a wireless network slice that has a slice configuration. A slice controller signals a Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Management and Orchestration (MANO) to implement a Network Service Descriptor (NSD) for the slice based on the slice configuration. The NFV MANO signals an NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) to execute Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) for the slice based on the NSD. The NFVI executes the VNFs, and the VNFs handle user data for wireless user devices that use the slice. The VNFs generate and transfer slice data responsive to handling the user data. The wireless user devices generate and transfer slice data responsive to using the slice. Wireless access points generate and transfer slice data responsive to serving the user devices. A distributed ledger receives the slice data, forms a consensus for the slice data, and stores the slice data in a distributed ledger format.