Patent ID: 11877162
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A system comprising:
a Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) instance;
an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) instance;
an Application Function (AF) instance; and
a Service Based Architecture (SBA) communicatively connecting the NWDAF instance, the AMF instance and the AF instance, wherein
the NWDAF instance receives flight data information associated with a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and service experience information, determines a predicted optimal application and a predicted optimal network slice at a location based on the flight data information and the service experience information, and provides a NWDAF message to the AMF instance using the SBA and including the predicted optimal application and the predicted optimal network slice,
the AMF instance receives the NWDAF message, receives information for a set of subscribed slices for the UAV, and when the predicted optimal network slice is in the set of subscribed slices, provides a first AMF message to the AF instance using the SBA and including the predicted optimal application and predicted optimal network slice, and
the AF instance receives the first AMF message and provides an AF message to the UAV of the predicted optimal application and predicted optimal network slice.