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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
This is a first office action in response to the instant application for letters patent filed on 04 September 2024. Claims 1-20 are presented foe examination.
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The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: The cross-reference to the related applications must be updated to reflect the current status of the related applications.
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Double Patenting
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Claims 1-20 of the instant application are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11743125 and 12113674. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claims of the instant application are arguably broader than the claims of US Patents “125” and “674” which encompass the same metes, bounds, and limitations. No secondary reference needed. The claims present a slight difference in term of words. For instance, the instant application recites the term update or change or external application, wherein the patents recite modify, outside and so on. Most limitations that are missing in the independent claims of the instant application are found in the dependent claims. The end result and the concept are the same. Therefore, it would be obvious to a skilled artisan at the effective date and time of the invention as claimed to eliminate the limitations of the narrower claims, since it has been held that omission of an element and its function and a combination where the remaining elements perform the same functions as before involves only routine skill in the art. See in re Karlson, USPQ 184 (CCPA1964).
The following claims are matched and compared based on similarities: system with system etc.
Application Number: 18824,600
See system claim 10
Patent Number: 12113674
See system claim 1
1. A method for slice management, comprising: creating, by a cellular network, a cellular network slice to be accessed by a defined group of user equipment (UE); delegating, by the cellular network, setting of quality of service (QoS) parameters for the cellular network slice to a cloud-based application; after delegating the setting of the QoS parameters, receiving, by the cellular network from the cloud-based application, a request to update a QoS parameter for the cellular network slice, wherein the request comprises a change to QoS parameter for the cellular network slice; and modifying, the cellular network, the cellular network slice based on the request from the cloud-based application.
1. A cellular network slice management system comprising: a cellular network, comprising a plurality of base stations and a slice orchestrator server system that is in communication with an application executed by a server system, wherein: the application is hosted by the server system outside of the cellular network; the application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from an entity managing the cellular network; and the slice orchestrator server system is configured to: determine that the application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE); receive a request from the application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice from the application; and in response to the request, modify a parameter of the cellular network slice.
2. The method for slice management of claim 1, further comprising: determining that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice, wherein modifying the cellular network slice is further based on determining that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice.
2. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, further comprising the server system that executes the application.
3. The method for slice management of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is executed at a server system residing outside of the cellular network.
3. The cellular network slice management system of claim 2, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication between the plurality of UE and the server system for the application.
4. The method for slice management of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is deployed by a first entity separate and distinct from a second entity managing the cellular network.
4. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by the slice orchestrator server system in response to the request without input from a user.
5. The method for slice management of claim 1, further comprising: communicating, by the cellular network, via the modified cellular network slice, with the plurality of UE.
5. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter controls downlink throughput per UE for the application or uplink throughput per UE for the application.
Application: 18/824,600
See system claim 10
Patent: 11743125
See system claim 1
1. A method for slice management, comprising: creating, by a cellular network, a cellular network slice to be accessed by a defined group of user equipment (UE); delegating, by the cellular network, setting of quality of service (QoS) parameters for the cellular network slice to a cloud-based application; after delegating the setting of the QoS parameters, receiving, by the cellular network from the cloud-based application, a request to update a QoS parameter for the cellular network slice, wherein the request comprises a change to QoS parameter for the cellular network slice; and modifying, the cellular network, the cellular network slice based on the request from the cloud-based application.
1. A cellular network slice management system comprising: an edge cloud server system that executes a cloud-based application; a cellular network, comprising a plurality of base stations and a slice orchestrator server system that is in communication with the cloud-based application executed by the edge cloud server system, wherein: the cloud-based application is hosted by the edge cloud server system outside of the cellular network; and the cloud-based application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from the cellular network; and wherein: the slice orchestrator server system is configured to: determine that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the cloud-based application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE); receive a request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modify a parameter of the cellular network slice, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication with the plurality of UE for the cloud-based application.
2. The method for slice management of claim 1, further comprising: determining that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice, wherein modifying the cellular network slice is further based on determining that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice.
2. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by the slice orchestrator server system in response to the request and without input from a user.
3. The method for slice management of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is executed at a server system residing outside of the cellular network.
3. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is downlink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
4. The method for slice management of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is deployed by a first entity separate and distinct from a second entity managing the cellular network.
4. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is uplink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
5. The method for slice management of claim 1, further comprising: communicating, by the cellular network, via the modified cellular network slice, with the plurality of UE.
5. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is delay tolerance for the cloud-based application.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the QoS parameter is selected from the group consisting of: uplink throughput; downlink throughput; a maximum supported packet size; a mission critical level; radio spectrum; a packet error rate; delay tolerance; a supported access technology; a supported device velocity for a defined quality of service (QoS); and synchronicity.
6. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cellular network is further configured to: receive a first request from a user that the cloud-based application be activated; and receive a second request from the user to delegate slice management to the cloud-based application.
7. The method for slice management of claim 1, further comprising: providing, by the cellular network, to the cloud-based application, feedback indicating that the change to the QoS parameter has been made.
7. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is configured to: determine that a number of UE operating on a particular cell of the cellular network using the cloud-based application exceeds a threshold number of UE; and in response to determining that the number of UE operating on the particular cell of the cellular network exceeds the threshold number of UE, transmit the request to modify the cellular network slice to the slice orchestrator server system.
8. The method for slice management of claim 7, further comprising: in response to the feedback, altering, by the cloud-based application, functionality of the cloud-based application.
8. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is configured to: monitor performance of one or more UE of the plurality of UE using the cloud-based application; and in response to monitoring the performance of the one or more UE, transmit the request to modify the cellular network slice to the slice orchestrator server system.
9. The method for slice management of claim 1, further comprising: performing, by the cellular network, an initial configuration of the cellular network slice based on information provided by the cloud-based application.
9. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cellular network is a 5G New Radio (NR) cellular network.
10. A cellular network slice management system comprising: a cellular network, comprising a plurality of base stations and a slice orchestrator server system that is in communication with an external application; the slice orchestrator server system is configured to: create a cellular network slice to be accessed by a defined group of user equipment (UE); delegate setting of quality of service (QoS) parameters for the cellular network slice to the external application; after delegating the setting of the QoS parameters, receive, from the external application, a request to update a QoS parameter for the cellular network slice, wherein the request comprises a change to QoS parameter for the cellular network slice; and modify the cellular network slice based on the request from the external application.
10. A method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management, comprising: determining that a cloud-based application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the cloud-based application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein: the cloud-based application is hosted by a cloud server system outside of a cellular network; and the cloud-based application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from the cellular network; receiving a request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modifying a parameter of the cellular network slice, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication with the plurality of UE for the cloud-based application.
11. The cellular network slice management system of claim 10, wherein the slice orchestrator server system is further configured to: determine that the external application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice, wherein modifying the cellular network slice is further based on determining that the external application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice.
11. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by a slice orchestrator server system in response to the request and without input from a user.
12. The cellular network slice management system of claim 10, wherein the external application is executed at a server system residing outside of the cellular network.
12. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter is downlink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
13. The cellular network slice management system of claim 10, wherein the external application is deployed by a first entity separate and distinct from a second entity managing the cellular network.
13. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter is uplink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
14. The cellular network slice management system of claim 10, wherein the cellular network is further configured to: communicate, via the modified cellular network slice, with the plurality of UE.
14. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter is delay tolerance for the cloud-based application.
15. The cellular network slice management system of claim 10, wherein the QoS parameter is selected from the group consisting of: uplink throughput; downlink throughput; a maximum supported packet size; a mission critical level; radio spectrum; a packet error rate; delay tolerance; a supported access technology; a supported device velocity for a defined quality of service (QoS); and synchronicity.
15. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, further comprising: receiving a first request from a user that the cloud-based application be activated; and receiving a second request from the user to delegate slice management to the cloud-based application.
16. The cellular network slice management system of claim 10, wherein the slice orchestrator server system is further configured to: provide, to the external application, feedback indicating that the change to the QoS parameter has been made.
16. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, further comprising: determining, by the cloud-based application, that a number of UE operating on a particular cell of the cellular network using the cloud-based application exceeds a threshold number of UE; and in response to determining that the number of UE operating on the particular cell of the cellular network exceeds the threshold number of UE, transmitting, by the cloud-based application, the request to modify the cellular network slice to a slice orchestrator server system.
17. The cellular network slice management system of claim 16, further comprising the external application, wherein the external application is configured to, in response to the feedback, alter functionality of the external application.
17. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, further comprising: monitoring, by the cloud-based application, performance of one or more UE of the plurality of UE using the cloud-based application; and in response to monitoring the performance of the one or more UE, transmitting, by the cloud-based application, the request to modify the cellular network slice to a slice orchestrator server system.
18. The cellular network slice management system of claim 10, wherein the cellular network is further configured to: perform an initial configuration of the cellular network slice based on information provided by the external application.
18. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the cellular network is a 5G New Radio (NR) cellular network.
19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to: create a cellular network slice to be accessed by a defined group of user equipment (UE); delegate setting of quality of service (QoS) parameters for the cellular network slice to a cloud-based application; after delegating the setting of the QoS parameters, receive, from the cloud-based application, a request to update a QoS parameter for the cellular network slice, wherein the request comprises a change to QoS parameter for the cellular network slice; and modify the cellular network slice based on the request from the cloud-based application.
19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to: determine that a cloud-based application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the cloud-based application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein: the cloud-based application is hosted by a cloud server system outside of a cellular network; and the cloud-based application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from the cellular network; receive a request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modify a parameter of the cellular network slice, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication with the plurality of UE for the cloud-based application.
20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the processor-readable instructions further comprise processor-readable instructions that cause the one or more processors to: determine that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice, wherein the cellular network slice is modified based on determining that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage the cellular network slice.
20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by a slice orchestrator server system in response to the request and without input from a user.
Patent Number 12113674
Exemplary claim 1
1. A cellular network slice management system comprising: a cellular network, comprising a plurality of base stations and a slice orchestrator server system that is in communication with an application executed by a server system, wherein: the application is hosted by the server system outside of the cellular network; the application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from an entity managing the cellular network; and the slice orchestrator server system is configured to: determine that the application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE); receive a request from the application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice from the application; and in response to the request, modify a parameter of the cellular network slice.
2. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, further comprising the server system that executes the application.
3. The cellular network slice management system of claim 2, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication between the plurality of UE and the server system for the application.
4. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by the slice orchestrator server system in response to the request without input from a user.
5. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter controls downlink throughput per UE for the application or uplink throughput per UE for the application.
6. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter controls aggregate downlink throughput for the plurality of UE for the application or aggregate uplink throughput for the plurality of UE for the application.
7. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter controls a characteristic selected from the group consisting of: a maximum supported packet size; a mission critical level; radio spectrum; a packet error rate; delay tolerance; a supported access technology; a supported device velocity for a defined quality of service (QOS); and synchronicity.
8. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cellular network: receives a first request from a user that the application be activated; and receives a second request from the user to delegate slice management to the application.
9. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, further comprising the application, wherein the application is configured to: determine that a number of UE operating on a particular base station of the cellular network using the application exceeds a threshold number of UE; and in response to determining that the number of UE exceeds the threshold number of UE, transmit the request to modify the cellular network slice to the slice orchestrator server system.
10. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, further comprising the application, wherein the application is configured to: monitor performance of one or more UE of the plurality of UE using the application; and in response to monitoring the performance of the one or more UE, transmit the request to modify the cellular network slice to the slice orchestrator server system.
11. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cellular network is a 5G New Radio (NR) cellular network.
12. A method for slice management, comprising: determining that an application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein: the application is hosted by a server system outside of a cellular network on which the cellular network slice exists; and the application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from an entity managing the cellular network; receiving a request from the application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modifying a parameter of the cellular network slice.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising: communicating, by the cellular network, via the modified slice, with the plurality of UE, wherein the modified slice is used for communication between the server system and the application.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified in response to the request without input from a user.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein the parameter controls downlink throughput per UE for the application or uplink throughput per UE for the application.
16. The method of claim 12, [,] wherein the parameter controls aggregate downlink throughput for the plurality of UE for the application or aggregate uplink throughput for the plurality of UE for the application.
17. The method of claim 12, wherein the parameter controls a characteristic selected from the group consisting of: a maximum supported packet size; a mission critical level; radio spectrum; a packet error rate; delay tolerance; a supported access technology; a supported device velocity for a defined quality of service (QOS); and synchronicity.
18. The method of claim 12, further comprising: determining that a number of UE operating on a particular base station of the cellular network using the application exceeds a threshold number of UE; and in response to determining that the number of UE exceeds the threshold number of UE, transmitting, by the application, the request to modify the cellular network slice to the cellular network.
19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to: determine that an application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein: the application is hosted by a server system outside of a cellular network on which the cellular network slice exists; and the application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from the cellular network; receive a request from the application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modify a parameter of the cellular network slice, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication with the plurality of UE for the application.
20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by a slice orchestrator server system in response to the request and without input from a user.
Patent Number: 11743125
Exemplary claim 1:
1. A cellular network slice management system comprising: an edge cloud server system that executes a cloud-based application; a cellular network, comprising a plurality of base stations and a slice orchestrator server system that is in communication with the cloud-based application executed by the edge cloud server system, wherein: the cloud-based application is hosted by the edge cloud server system outside of the cellular network; and the cloud-based application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from the cellular network; and wherein: the slice orchestrator server system is configured to: determine that the cloud-based application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the cloud-based application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE); receive a request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modify a parameter of the cellular network slice, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication with the plurality of UE for the cloud-based application.
2. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by the slice orchestrator server system in response to the request and without input from a user.
3. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is downlink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
4. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is uplink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
5. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is delay tolerance for the cloud-based application.
6. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cellular network is further configured to: receive a first request from a user that the cloud-based application be activated; and receive a second request from the user to delegate slice management to the cloud-based application.
7. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is configured to: determine that a number of UE operating on a particular cell of the cellular network using the cloud-based application exceeds a threshold number of UE; and in response to determining that the number of UE operating on the particular cell of the cellular network exceeds the threshold number of UE, transmit the request to modify the cellular network slice to the slice orchestrator server system.
8. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cloud-based application is configured to: monitor performance of one or more UE of the plurality of UE using the cloud-based application; and in response to monitoring the performance of the one or more UE, transmit the request to modify the cellular network slice to the slice orchestrator server system.
9. The cellular network slice management system of claim 1, wherein the cellular network is a 5G New Radio (NR) cellular network.
10. A method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management, comprising: determining that a cloud-based application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the cloud-based application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein: the cloud-based application is hosted by a cloud server system outside of a cellular network; and the cloud-based application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from the cellular network; receiving a request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modifying a parameter of the cellular network slice, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication with the plurality of UE for the cloud-based application.
11. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by a slice orchestrator server system in response to the request and without input from a user.
12. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter is downlink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
13. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter is uplink throughput per UE for the cloud-based application.
14. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the parameter is delay tolerance for the cloud-based application.
15. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, further comprising: receiving a first request from a user that the cloud-based application be activated; and receiving a second request from the user to delegate slice management to the cloud-based application.
16. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, further comprising: determining, by the cloud-based application, that a number of UE operating on a particular cell of the cellular network using the cloud-based application exceeds a threshold number of UE; and in response to determining that the number of UE operating on the particular cell of the cellular network exceeds the threshold number of UE, transmitting, by the cloud-based application, the request to modify the cellular network slice to a slice orchestrator server system.
17. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, further comprising: monitoring, by the cloud-based application, performance of one or more UE of the plurality of UE using the cloud-based application; and in response to monitoring the performance of the one or more UE, transmitting, by the cloud-based application, the request to modify the cellular network slice to a slice orchestrator server system.
18. The method for cellular network cloud application controlled slice management of claim 10, wherein the cellular network is a 5G New Radio (NR) cellular network.
19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to: determine that a cloud-based application is authorized to manage a cellular network slice utilized by the cloud-based application for communication with a plurality of user equipment (UE), wherein: the cloud-based application is hosted by a cloud server system outside of a cellular network; and the cloud-based application is deployed by an entity separate and distinct from the cellular network; receive a request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network to modify the cellular network slice of the cellular network; and in response to the request from the cloud-based application being hosted outside of the cellular network, modify a parameter of the cellular network slice, wherein: the cellular network uses the modified slice for communication with the plurality of UE for the cloud-based application.
20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the parameter of the cellular network slice is modified by a slice orchestrator server system in response to the request and without input from a user.
The claims will be allowed upon the submission of a Terminal Disclaimer by applicant’s representative.
Prior art 20220086864 by Sabella is a 5G Network Slicing Management and Orchestration (MANO) system with integrated Latency-Aware Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) optimization.
The system operates by dynamically managing end-to-end (E2E) network slices, covering both Radio Access Network (RAN) and Edge computing resources, to maintain specific Quality of Service (QoS) requirements.
Prior art 20200213937by Yang discusses an application that provides a network slice instance processing method. The method includes receiving, by a first network device, a first message sent by a second network device, where the first message is used to request the first network device to modify a first network slice subnet instance (NSSI) managed by the first network device, and the first NSSI is shared by a plurality of network slice instances managed by different network devices, determining, by the first network device, whether the first NSSI is allowed to be modified, and performing, by the first network device, subsequent processing based on a result of the determining.
The instant application is about a 5G standalone (SA) architecture which describes slice creation and targeting, wherein the cellular network creates a logical partition for a defined UE group; delegation to Cloud App where the network uses an API to expose slice management capabilities; QoS update request, wherein cloud App monitors real-time needs and send a request; and dynamic modification where policy control function (PCF) validates the request and instructs the user plane function (UPF) and RAN to update the session parameters on the fly.
Therefore, based on this description it is concluded that the prior art fails to teach and suggest and render obvious the combination of creating, by a cellular network, a cellular network slice to be accessed by a defined group of user equipment (UE); delegating, by the cellular network, setting of quality of service (QoS) parameters for the cellular network slice to a cloud-based application; after delegating the setting of the QoS parameters, receiving, by the cellular network from the cloud-based application, a request to update a QoS parameter for the cellular network slice, wherein the request comprises a change to QoS parameter for the cellular network slice; and modifying, the cellular network, the cellular network slice based on the request from the cloud-based application.
Furthermore, the prior art fails to teach and suggest and render obvious the combination of a cellular network that comprises a plurality of base stations and a slice orchestrator server system that is in communication with an external application; the slice orchestrator server system is configured to: create a cellular network slice to be accessed by a defined group of user equipment (UE); delegate setting of quality of service (QoS) parameters for the cellular network slice to the external application; after delegating the setting of the QoS parameters, receive, from the external application, a request to update a QoS parameter for the cellular network slice, wherein the request comprises a change to QoS parameter for the cellular network slice; and modify the cellular network slice based on the request from the external application.
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/FRANTZ B JEAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2454