Instantiating intelligent service delivery parameters within protected hardware

1. A method, comprising:

instantiating within a user endpoint device a first portion of an end-to-end slice of a communications network, wherein the end-to-end slice extends through the communications network and into the user endpoint device, wherein the end-to-end slice is configured to carry data over the communications network subject to a predefined combination of network service metrics, wherein the instantiating is performed by a virtual network function in the user endpoint device, wherein the first portion of the end-to-end slice residing in the user endpoint device includes a resource that mirrors a resource of a second portion of the end-to-end slice residing within the communications network, and wherein the user endpoint device is a wearable smart device;

determining whether the user endpoint device is able to establish a radio connection to the communications network;

transmitting user data from the user endpoint device to the communications network via the end-to-end slice based on the determining when the user endpoint device is able to establish the radio connection to the communications network; and

storing the user data locally in the user endpoint device via the end-to-end slice based on the determining when the user endpoint device is unable to establish the radio connection to the communications network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications network comprises a third generation partnership project network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user data comprises medical data of a user.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the medical data comprises a reading of a sensor integrated into the user endpoint device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user data comprises financial data of a user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the end-to-end slice includes a local database for storing the user data in the user endpoint device and a remote database for storing the user data in the communications network.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transmitting syncs the local database with the remote database.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

subsequent to the storing, detecting that the user endpoint device is able to establish the radio connection to the communications network; and

subsequent to the detecting, transmitting the user data from the user endpoint device to the communications network via the end-to-end slice.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein both the resource of the second portion of the end-to-end slice residing within the communications network and the resource that mirrors the resource of the second portion of the end-to-end slice residing within the communications network comprise a mobility management entity.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein both the resource of the second portion of the end-to-end slice residing within the communications network and the resource that mirrors the resource of the second portion of the end-to-end slice residing within the communications network comprise a packet data network.

11. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

instantiating within the device a first portion of an end-to-end slice of a communications network, wherein the end-to-end slice extends through the communications network and into the device, wherein the end-to-end slice is configured to carry data over the communications network subject to a predefined combination of network service metrics, wherein the instantiating is performed by a virtual network function in the device, wherein the first portion of the end-to-end slice residing in the device includes a resource that mirrors a resource of a second portion of the end-to-end slice residing within the communications network, and wherein the device is a wearable smart device;

determining whether the device is able to establish a radio connection to the communications network;

transmitting user data from the device to the communications network via the end-to-end slice based on the determining when the device is able to establish the radio connection to the communications network; and

storing the user data locally in the device via the end-to-end slice based on the determining when the device is unable to establish the radio connection to the communications network.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the communications network comprises a third generation partnership project network.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the end-to-end slice includes a local database for storing the user data in the device and a remote database for storing the user data in the communications network.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the transmitting syncs the local database with the remote database.

15. The device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

subsequent to the storing, detecting that the device is able to establish the radio connection to the communications network; and

subsequent to the detecting, transmitting the user data from the device to the communications network via the end-to-end slice.

16. The device of claim 11 , wherein the user data comprises medical data of a user.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the medical data comprises a reading of a sensor integrated into the device.

18. The device of claim 11 , wherein the user data comprises financial data of a user.

19. A user endpoint device, comprising:

a virtual network function in the user endpoint device to instantiate within the user endpoint device a first portion of an end-to-end slice of a remote communications network, wherein the end-to-end slice extends through the remote communications network and into the user endpoint device, wherein the end-to-end slice is configured to carry data over the remote communications network subject to a predefined combination of network service metrics, wherein the first portion of the end-to-end slice residing in the user endpoint device includes a resource that mirrors a resource of a second portion of the end-to-end slice residing within the remote communications network, and wherein the user endpoint device is a wearable smart device; and

a radio transceiver to establish a connection to the remote communications network and to transmit the data to the remote communications network via the end-to-end slice within the user endpoint device.

20. The user endpoint device of claim 19 , wherein the user endpoint device further comprises:

a sensor for collecting the data from a user.