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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Iskren Ianev, Reading, GB;
Toshiyuki Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hassan Al-Kanani, Chinthurst, GB;
Linghang Fan, Surrey, GB;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.05); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure proposes solutions for network slice quota monitoring and management. It allows the Service Provider to subscribe with the 3GPP mobile network for network slice quota status notifications and retrieval and/or allows the Service Provider to allocate the initial network slice quota based on SLA (Service Level Agreement), to top-up or cut-down the allocated network slice quota when need and to re-balance it between network slices or between mobile networks.