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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Adnan Aijaz, Bristol, GB;
Sajida Gufran, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.05); H04W 24/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments provide a method for creating a slice in a communication network. The communication network comprises a radio access network, RAN, a core network, and a RAN Intelligent Controller, RIC, with a near-real-time RIC. The method comprises determining a network slice instance, NSI, the NSI comprising at least one network slice subnet instance, NSSI, in the RAN and at least one NSSIs in the core network, communicating the at least one NSSI in the RAN to the near-RT-RIC and communicating the at least one NSSI in the core network to the core network.