SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK SLICES FOR TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORKS
A system and method obtains time-sensitive network application configuration information of an application communicatively coupled to a 5G network; shares the time-sensitive network application configuration information with a network slice configuration mechanism of the 5G network; determines, by the network slice configuration mechanism, a transmission schedule based on the time-sensitive network application configuration information; reserves an amount of network resources of the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule; and facilitates transmission of data from the application via the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule.
1 . A method comprising:
obtaining time-sensitive network application configuration information of an application communicatively coupled to a 5G network;
sharing the time-sensitive network application configuration information with a network slice configuration mechanism of the 5G network;
dynamically configuring, by the network slice configuration mechanism, a transmission schedule based on the time-sensitive network application configuration information;
reserving an amount of network resources of the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule; and
facilitating transmission of data from the application via the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time-sensitive network application configuration information includes schedule data.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the schedule data includes an IEEE 802.1Qbv schedule.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the network slice configuration mechanism is a time-sensitive network translator.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein sharing the time-sensitive network application configuration information with the network slice configuration mechanism includes configuring the network slice configuration mechanism with schedule data.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an expected network transit time from the transmission schedule.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein reserving an amount of network resources includes ensuring that the transmission of data meets the expected network transit time.
8 . (canceled)
9 . (canceled)
10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining network slice reliability data based on a performance metric corresponding to the transmission of the data from the application via the 5G network, and providing the network slice reliability data to the application.
11 . A system comprising one or more processors configured to:
obtain time-sensitive network application configuration information of an application communicatively coupled to a 5G network;
share the time-sensitive network application configuration information with a network slice configuration mechanism of the 5G network;
dynamically configure by the network slice configuration mechanism, a transmission schedule based on the time-sensitive network application configuration information;
reserve an amount of network resources of the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule; and
facilitate transmission of data from the application via the 5G network in accordance with the transmission schedule.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the time-sensitive network application configuration information includes schedule data.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the schedule data includes an IEEE 802.1Qbv schedule.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the network slice configuration mechanism is a time-sensitive network translator.
15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors configured to share the time-sensitive network application configuration information with the network slice configuration mechanism include one or more processors configured to configure the network slice configuration mechanism with schedule data.
16 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising one or more processors configured to determine an expected network transit time from the transmission schedule.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors configured to reserve an amount of network resources include one or more processors configured to ensure that the transmission of data meets the expected network transit time.
18 . (canceled)
19 . (canceled)
20 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising one or more processors configured to determine network slice reliability data based on a performance metric corresponding to the transmission of the data from the application.
21 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission schedule is dynamically configured based on dynamic guard band configuration.
22 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission schedule is dynamically configured based on jitter calculation.
23 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the transmission schedule is dynamically configured based on dynamic guard band configuration.
24 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the transmission schedule is dynamically configured based on jitter calculation.