Facilitating network slicing information preservation in advanced networks
Facilitating network slicing information preservation in advanced networks in advanced networks is provided herein. Operations of a system include receiving, from second network equipment, network slice configuration information for a user device during a first handover of the user device from the second network equipment to the first network equipment. The network slice configuration information can include information indicative of a first network slice and a second network slice generated via a microservice of a network intelligent controller. Further the operations can include transmitting, to third network equipment, the network slice configuration information for the user device during a second handover of the user device from the first network equipment to the third network equipment.
1 . A method, comprising:
generating, by a system comprising a processor, network slices for a user equipment based on a service being executed at the user equipment, wherein the generating comprises employing a first microservice at a first network intelligent controller and a second microservice at a second network intelligent controller;
based on a first determination that the user equipment is to be handed over from first network equipment to second network equipment, facilitating, by the system, a first transmission that comprises first information indicative of a first handover from the first network equipment to the second network equipment and second information indicative of a network slicing configuration established for the user equipment prior to the first handover, wherein the first network equipment operates according to a first network communication protocol that supports network slicing, and the second network equipment operates according to a second network communication protocol that does not support network slicing, the second network communication protocol being different from the first network communication protocol; and
based on a second determination that the user equipment is to be handed over from the second network equipment to third network equipment, facilitating, by the system, a second transmission that comprises third information indicative of a second handover from the second network equipment to the third network equipment and the second information indicative of the network slicing configuration established for the user equipment prior to the first handover to preserve the network slicing configuration established for the user equipment prior to the first handover.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
retaining, by the system, the second information indicative of the network slicing configuration using a voice over wireless protocol; and
forwarding, by the system, the second information indicative of the network slicing configuration to the second network equipment using the voice over wireless protocol.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmission and the second transmission are facilitated via the first network intelligent controller and the second network intelligent controller.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network equipment and the third network equipment are configured to operate according to the first network communication protocol, and wherein the second network equipment is configured to operate according to the second network communication protocol different than the first network communication protocol.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the first network communication protocol is a new radio network communication protocol, and wherein the second network communication protocol is a long term evolution network protocol.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network equipment is configured to operate according to the first network communication protocol, and wherein the second network equipment is configured to operate according to the second network communication protocol different than the first network communication protocol.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first network communication protocol is a new radio network communication protocol, and wherein the second network communication protocol is a long term evolution network protocol.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network equipment and the second network equipment are configured to operate according to at least a fifth generation network communication protocol.
9 . First network equipment configured to operate according to a first network communication protocol, wherein the first network communication protocol does not support network slicing, the first network equipment comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, from second network equipment, network slice configuration information for a user device during a first handover of the user device from the second network equipment to the first network equipment, wherein the network slice configuration information comprises information indicative of a first network slice and a second network slice generated via a microservice of a network intelligent controller, wherein the network slice configuration information is related to a user experience for a user of the user device, and wherein the second network equipment operates according to a second network communication protocol that is different from the first network communication protocol, and wherein the second network communication protocol supports network slicing; and
transmitting, to third network equipment, the network slice configuration information for the user device during a second handover of the user device from the first network equipment to the third network equipment to preserve the user experience for the user of the user device subsequent to the first handover and the second handover, wherein the third network equipment operates according to a second network communication protocol.
10 . The first network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the network slice configuration information comprises a voice over new radio configuration and information indicative of new radio services assigned to the user device.
11 . The first network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
prior to the transmitting, retaining the network slice configuration information as user device context information representing a context applicable to the user device.
12 . The first network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the user device is an Internet of Things device, and wherein the first network equipment comprises a radio access network intelligent controller.
13 . The first network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting the network slice configuration information via a voice over wireless message.
14 . The first network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the second network equipment and the third network equipment are configured to operate according to a new radio network communication protocol.
15 . The first network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the second network equipment is configured to operate according to at least a fifth generation network communication protocol, and wherein the third network equipment is configured to operate according to a long term evolution network protocol.
16 . The first network equipment of claim 9 , wherein the first network equipment is deployed in a non-standalone deployment architecture, and wherein the second network equipment and the third network equipment are deployed in a standalone deployment architecture.
17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
generating network slices for a user equipment based on a service being executed at the user equipment, wherein the generating comprises employing a first microservice at a first network intelligent controller and a second microservice at a second network intelligent controller, wherein the network slices establish an end user experience for a user associated with the user equipment;
based on a determination that the user equipment is to be handed over from first network equipment operating according to a 5G new radio network communication protocol to second network equipment operating according to a long term evolution network communication protocol, facilitating a first transmission that comprises first information indicative of a handover from the first network equipment to the second network equipment and second information indicative of a network slicing configuration established for the user equipment prior to the handover, wherein the network slicing configuration comprises a voice over new radio configuration; and
based on a determination that the user equipment is to be handed over from the second network equipment to third network equipment operating according to the 5G new radio network communication protocol, facilitating a second transmission that comprises third information indicative of a handover from the second network equipment to the third network equipment and the second information indicative of the network slicing configuration established for the user equipment prior to the handover, wherein the second information indicative of the network slicing configuration established for the user equipment prior to the handover enables the third network equipment to establish new network slices that preserve the end user experience for the user associated with the user equipment.
18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the facilitating the first transmission comprises:
transmitting the second information indicative of the network slicing configuration to the third network equipment using a voice over wireless protocol.
19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
prior to the second transmission, evaluating one or more policy rules or charging rules associated with the user equipment.
20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the network slicing configuration further comprises information indicative of at least one additional network slice assigned to the user equipment for a metaverse service.