Patent ID: 11961101
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a software defined network controller;
a software defined network managed by the software defined network controller, wherein the software defined network has a first virtual network function (VNF) topology, a second VNF topology and a third VNF topology, wherein each of the first VNF topology, the second VNF topology and the third VNF topology has a set of performance requirements associated therewith, and wherein the first VNF topology comprises an access cloud architecture and includes a software defined network radio receiving unit in communication with a base station, a software defined network access evolved packet core (EPC), and a first transport layer between the software defined network radio receiving unit and the software defined network access EPC;
an input-output interface;
a processor coupled to the input-output interface, wherein the processor is further coupled to a memory, and wherein the memory has stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
defining a network slice specification using at least one of the first VNF topology, the second VNF topology or the third VNF topology, and the associated performance requirements;
determining a first equilibrium value for a network slice configured in accordance with the network slice specification;
receiving a first bid price for the network slice;
comparing the first bid price to the first equilibrium value; and
based on the comparing, providing service using the network slice in accordance with the network slice specification.