System and method for virtualized functions in control and data planes

S Vrzic, H Zhang, NG Senarath - US Patent 10,111,163, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for management of network slices in a communication network such
as a 5th generation wireless communication network are provided. Management planes …

Systems and methods for allocating end device reources to a network slice

Z Cui, P Smith, S Dowlatkhah - US Patent 10,498,666, 2019 - Google Patents
An SDN client on an end device receives slice placement instructions relating to services to
be placed on a selected slice from an SDN controller. The SDN client also receives policy …

Method and apparatus for a responsive software defined network

Z Cui, V Shaw, S Dowlatkhah - US Patent 10,505,870, 2019 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including determining
a plurality of service functions required to facilitate a service to a communication device via a …

Method and apparatus for selecting processing paths in a software defined network

S Dowlatkhah, V Shaw - US Patent 10,749,796, 2020 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including receiving,
from a first network slice comprising a set of virtual network functions instantiated in a …

System and methods for virtual infrastructure management between operator networks

NG Senarath, S Vrzic, J Rao - US Patent 10,700,936, 2020 - Google Patents
There is provided a system and method for virtual infrastructure management and in some
embodiments for virtual infrastructure management between operator networks. According …

Method and apparatus for selecting processing paths in a converged network

V Shaw, S Dowlatkhah - US Patent 10,819,606, 2020 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including receiving
from a first network slice comprising a first set of virtual network functions instantiated in a …

Systems and methods for distributing network resources to network service providers

NG Senarath, S Vrzic, J Rao, H Zhang - US Patent 10,862,818, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract there is provided a method of generating a soft schedule for the transmission of
data to a User Equipment. The method includes receiving traffic to be scheduled for …

Method and apparatus for dynamically managing network resources

Z Cui, S Dowlatkhah - US Patent 10,149,193, 2018 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a first
target allocation of a radio access network resource of a radio access network of a …

System and method for virtualized functions in control and data planes

S Vrzic, H Zhang, NG Senarath - US Patent 10,448,320, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for management of network slices in a communication network such
as a 5 th generation wireless communication network are provided. Management planes …

System and method for provision and distribution of spectrum resources

S Vrzic, H Zhang, NG Senarath - US Patent 10,313,887, 2019 - Google Patents
There is provided systems and methods for Network Function Virtualization (NFV) in a
control plane. The NFV framework is be used to define a plurality of virtual network functions …