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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Antonio Buonocunto, Angri, IT;
Francesca Marfia, Pagani, IT;
Francesco Conte, Salerno, IT;
Andrea Formica, Nocera Inferiore, IT;
Fabio Ronca, Casavatore, IT;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
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 ().