Patent ID: 11902788
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for implementing a slice security zone (SSZ) in a 5G network, the method comprising:
storing by an SSZ function executing on a first network server an SSZ security profile of the SSZ in a secure storage function;
receiving by the SSZ function from a slice management function a slice registration request comprising information relating to a slice security profile of a slice managed by the slice management function;
if the slice security profile complies with the SSZ security profile, storing by the SSZ function a slice registration association between the slice and the SSZ in the secure storage function; and
sending by the SSZ function to the slice management function a slice registration response comprising information relating to whether the slice was registered in the SSZ.