Patent ID: 11956131
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A system of intent based network slice management, comprising:
one or more memories, individually or in combination, having computer-executable instructions stored thereon; and
one or more processors, individually or in combination, configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to instantiate:
a network slice management function (NSMF) configured to:
receive a service profile in a form of expectations and contexts from a communication service management function (CSMF);
derive desired network slice attributes and profile characteristics for relevant network slice subnets; and
communicate an intent for each desired network slice subnet to a network slice subnet management function (NSSMF);

the NSSMF, which is configured to:
derive requirements for a plurality of network functions (NFs) from the intent for the desired network slice subnet; and
provide an intent for each network function of the plurality of NFs to a network function management function (NFMF), the intent for each NF including limited information defining the requirements of a respective NF; and

the NFMF, which is configured to:
receive the intent for the respective NF via an intent-based interface for management of NFs; and
derive a network resource model (NRM) for the respective NF based on the intent, wherein the NRM defines information object classes (IOCs) for expected performance of the respective NF and IOCs for a configuration of the respective NF,
wherein the NFMF includes a convergence agent for each of a plurality of NF vendors, each convergence agent configured to translate the NRM for the respective network function to a NF vendor-specific interface.