Patent ID: 11870638
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A system, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
monitoring operation of a communication network configured to provide end-to-end delivery of services to priority user equipment authorized according to a prioritized class of service and other user equipment not authorized for the prioritized class of service, wherein the prioritized class of service comprises a reserved communication network capacity, and wherein an end-to-end delivery of a service comprises a first communication network domain comprising a first plurality of network slices and a second communication network domain comprising a second plurality of network slices;
determining a communication network interruption based on the monitoring, wherein the reserved communication network capacity is compromised by the communication network interruption;
identifying a group of slices of one of the first communication network domain, the second communication network domain, or both, to obtain an identified group of slices associated with the communication network interruption; and
providing an alternate group of slices configured for providing one of the first communication network domain, the second communication network domain, or both to replace the identified group of slices, wherein the alternate group of slices restores the reserved communication network capacity for the end-to-end delivery of services to the priority user equipment according to the prioritized class of service.