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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Edwin Tse, Montreal, CA;

Robert Petersen, Linköping, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 41/044 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 41/044 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 41/5032 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a method for network management. Transmission of a request for performance of a management task on the network is initiated towards a second entity (), which is configured to manage network slices of the network. The request comprises information identifying a first network slice () of the network and a first programming construct executable to cause the second entity () to identify one or more second network slices of the network that are supporting the first network slice () and/or one or more first network nodes () of the network supporting the first network slice (). The request comprises a second programming construct executable to cause the second entity () to select the first network slice (), one or more identified second network slices, and/or one or more identified first network nodes (), on which to perform the management task.


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