Network Slice Deployment Automation via Traffic Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing method for deploying network slices in 5G systems is inefficient, requiring manual analysis and planning, which hinders rapid service deployment for tenants.
Innovation Solution
A method that uses service traffic information to automatically deploy or select an available network slice, eliminating the need for manual off-line network planning, by receiving and processing information such as terminal device quantities, geographic distribution, service transmission status, and coverage to manage network slices in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual analysis and planning is used to deploy network slices, then deployment accuracy and control can be maintained, but deployment efficiency is low and service onboarding time is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation where the network management unit automatically receives service traffic information, performs analysis, and deploys network slices without manual intervention. The automated system serves itself by making deployment decisions based on received information, eliminating the need for manual analysis and planning while maintaining deployment accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual analysis and planning process with an automated electronic system. The network management unit uses electronic information processing to automatically analyze service traffic information and execute deployment decisions, substituting human manual operations with automated computational processes that significantly improve deployment efficiency.
2Productivity
If automated deployment based on service traffic information is implemented, then deployment efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The network management unit is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as an information receiver and an automated deployment decision-maker. This universal component handles multiple tasks including receiving service traffic information, analyzing requirements, making deployment decisions, and executing network slice deployment, thereby managing system complexity through functional integration rather than proliferation of separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network management unit as an intermediary between service traffic information and network slice deployment. This mediator component simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the automation logic in a single interface that handles information processing and deployment coordination, reducing the complexity that would otherwise be distributed across multiple independent systems.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, a device, and a system for deploying a network slice. The method, device, and system disclosed herein are related to the field of communications technologies and are designed to solve the problem of low efficiency in manually deploying a network slice. In an exemplary solution, a first network management unit receives a network slice management request message that carries service traffic information of a network slice, and, based on the service traffic information of the network slice, deploys the network slice or selects an available network slice in an existing network.