Patent ID: 11902891
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES DUESSELDORF GMBH
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and having stored thereon a program including processor-executable instructions which, when being executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
convert a requirement of a service into a joint performance parameter for at least two network slice instances or at least two correlated communication traffic flows for the service;
determine at least two correlated communication traffic flows for a service,
wherein a joint quality of service (QoS) treatment is applied to the at least two correlated network slice instances or the at least two correlated communication traffic flows based on at least the joint performance parameter or binding information, and
wherein the at least two correlated communication traffic flows are correlated by the joint performance parameter; and

expose binding information for use in managing the at least two correlated communication traffic flows using the joint performance parameter, wherein the binding information includes identification of the correlated communication traffic flows, wherein the at least two correlated communication traffic flows are bound at a network layer.