US 11,683,691 B2
Methods and systems for 5G slicing based on dynamic security properties
Vinod Kumar Choyi, Conshohocken, PA (US); Kristen Sydney Young, Morris Plains, NJ (US); Yousif Targali, Sammamish, WA (US); and Michael A. Gallagher, Dublin, OH (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/143,589.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217540 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/12 (2021.01); H04W 12/60 (2021.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 12/12 (2013.01) [H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/66 (2021.01); H04W 28/0831 (2020.05); H04W 28/0835 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
storing definitions of multiple security assurance levels for network slices based on security parameters of assets used in the network slices, wherein the security parameters of the assets include relative security assurance values (RSAVs);
designing multiple network slice templates based on records of the assets and their corresponding RSAVs;
storing, by a network device, the multiple network slice templates, wherein the multiple network slice templates have different security assurance levels, of the multiple security assurance levels, for a Network Service Descriptor (NSD);
receiving a request for a network slice with a requested security assurance level, of the multiple security assurance levels, for the NSD;
deploying the network slice using one of the network slice templates that has a security assurance level that corresponds to the requested security assurance level; and
monitoring the security parameters of the assets of the network slice for changes to the security assurance level of the deployed network slice.