Patent ID: 11902174
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network management system, cause the network management system to perform a method for configuring a plurality of virtual network slices sharing a physical network infrastructure, the method comprising:
for each network entity from among a plurality of network entities within the physical network infrastructure,
selectively applying a first classification, from among a plurality of classifications, to the network entity based on configurability of the network entity in the plurality of virtual network slices, the first classification being applied via metadata for the first network entity stored at a physical network datastore; and

after the selective applying of the first classifications to the plurality of network entities,
assigning instances of the plurality of network entities to virtual network slices, from among the plurality of virtual network slices, based on the classifications applied to the plurality of network entities,

wherein the plurality of classifications includes,
a classification for network entities that are visible to a slice owner of a virtual network slice among the plurality of virtual network slices,
a classification for network entities that are accessible by the slice owner for read/write purposes, and
a classification for network entities that are create-able by the slice owner in the virtual network slice.