US 11,706,093 B2
Auto switching for enterprise federated network slice
Manoj Kumar Kushwaha, Karnataka (IN); Bindiganaville Jagadish Rajesh, Karnataka (IN); and Jayantilal Govindlal Agrawal, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,871.
Application 17/569,871 is a continuation of application No. 17/069,494, filed on Oct. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,265,220.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131756 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01); H04L 41/0604 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0896 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0627 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/5096 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 47/805 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a controller, information about a plurality of network slices available in a plurality of core networks provided by different network operators;
storing, in a network slice repository, the information about the plurality of network slices, wherein the information includes for each federated network slice of the plurality of network slices, a location identifier, a network operator identifier, and a slice type; and
causing, by the controller, a device to switch from a network slice to a federated network slice based at least in part on the information.