Patent ID: 11930369
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by network equipment comprising a processor, a network communication comprising a network slice identifier;
checking, by the network equipment, whether a network slice rule corresponding to the network slice identifier is included in a group of network slice rules;
in response to a result of the checking being that the network slice rule is determined to be included in the group of network slice rules, undergoing, by the network equipment, a first configuration applicable to the network equipment enabling the network equipment to process the network communication according to the network slice rule corresponding to the network slice identifier; and
in response to the result of the checking being that the network slice rule is determined not to be included in the group of network slice rules, undergoing, by the network equipment, a second configuration applicable to the network equipment, enabling the network equipment to identify a group of network slice identifiers comprising the network slice identifier, and enabling the network equipment to process the network communication according to a group network slice rule corresponding to the group of network slice identifiers.