Patent ID: 11929938
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A first network node operatable in in a communication network to respond to congestion in a resource of a network slice of the communications network, the first network node comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining that the resource of the network slice is congested;
responsive to determining that the resource of the network slice is congested, transmitting a first message to a second network node of the communication network, the first message indicating a request for approval to scale the resource of the network slice, the first network node being separate from the network slice; and
receiving a second message from the second network node, the second message indicating whether to scale the resource of the network slice in response to the first message,
wherein determining that the resource of the network slice is congested comprises:
receiving a request to scale the resource; and
responsive to receiving the request to scale the resource, determining that a threshold capacity of the resource is unavailable, and

wherein transmitting the first message comprises transmitting the first message responsive to determining that the threshold capacity of the resource is unavailable.