Recalibrating resource profiles for network slices in a 5g or other next generation wireless network

Abstract

The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating the allocation, scheduling, and management of network slice resources. According to some embodiments, a system can facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include, based on a request for a network service type that was received from a user device, allocating a network slice of a network to the user device, with the network slice being previously assigned a capacity of a resource of the network in accordance with a resource profile. Further, operations include monitoring performance of the network slice, resulting in monitored slice performance compared to a performance requirement of the network service type. Another operation includes, based on the monitored slice performance, facilitating recalibration of the resource profile in accordance with a condition associated with the network service type, resulting in a modification of the capacity of the resource assigned to the network slice.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A user device, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 based on a request to core network equipment for a network service of a network service type, receiving a first indication that a network slice of a network has been allocated to the user device, wherein the network slice was previously assigned to the user device with a capacity of a resource of the network in accordance with a resource profile for the user device, and wherein the resource profile was used to control allocation of resources to the network slice to adhere to a performance limit, resulting in allocated resources, and 
 based on monitoring performance of the network slice, receiving a second indication that the resource profile was recalibrated in accordance with a condition associated with the network service type, which resulted in a modification of the allocated resources, wherein the resource profile further was used to control recalibration of the allocation of the allocated resources to maintain adherence to the performance limit. 
   
     
     
         2 . The user device of  claim 1 , wherein the network slice comprises a virtual network that spans from the user device to the core network equipment. 
     
     
         3 . The user device of  claim 1 , wherein the condition is based on historical information regarding usage of the user device. 
     
     
         4 . The user device of  claim 1 , wherein the allocated resources comprise a group of resources, the group of resources comprising first resources of a backhaul network device, second resources of a fronthaul network device, and third resources for load balancing of the network slice across multiple connections. 
     
     
         5 . The user device of  claim 4 , wherein the allocated resources comprise bandwidth resources allocated to the network slice. 
     
     
         6 . The user device of  claim 1 , wherein the resource profile being recalibrated further results in modifications, corresponding to the modification, to respective allocations of other resources assigned to other network slices to which the resource profile was assigned. 
     
     
         7 . The user device of  claim 1 , wherein the recalibration of the allocated resources is based on a services contract, and wherein the services contract is selected to control access by the network slice to the resource assigned to the network slice. 
     
     
         8 . The user device of  claim 1 , wherein the allocated resources further comprise a prioritization resource to prioritize communications of the network slice in relation to other network slices other than the network slice. 
     
     
         9 . The user device of  claim 1 , wherein allocation of the allocated resources in accordance with the resource profile is performed during call setup processing. 
     
     
         10 . A method, comprising:
 sending, by an edge network device comprising a processor, to a core network device, a communication requesting establishing of a virtual network for a user equipment, with the virtual network being configured based on a service profile of the user equipment, wherein the service profile controlled allocation of services to a network slice to allocate a level of services to support a network service type to be provided to the user equipment; and   based on monitoring the virtual network relative to a performance specification, receiving, by the edge network device, an instruction to modify the service profile in accordance with maintaining the performance specification, wherein the network slice comprises the virtual network comprising multiple connections that span from the user equipment to the core network device, and wherein usage of the user equipment comprises usage of resources comprising first resources of a backhaul network device, second resources of a fronthaul network device, and third resources usable to load balance the network slice across the multiple connections.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 based on the monitoring of the virtual network and a prediction of future utilization of the network slice, receiving, by the edge network device, an indication that the virtual network requires a different level of services to maintain the performance specification, wherein the prediction of future utilization is based on historical information regarding usage of the user equipment.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein modifying the service profile comprises recalibrating the service profile in accordance with a result of the monitoring of the virtual network and the performance specification corresponding to the network service type. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the performance specification comprises the performance specification to facilitate the virtual network enabling an enhanced mobile broadband network protocol of an enhanced mobile broadband network. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the performance specification facilitates usage of an ultra-reliable low latency communications network protocol of an ultra-reliable low latency communications network. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the performance specification facilitates application of a massive machine to machine communications profile to virtual network devices of the virtual network. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the user equipment is connected to the core network device via the edge network device. 
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 based on a request for a network service type, identifying that a network slice, enabled via a network, has been allocated to the network device, wherein the network slice was previously assigned to the network device with a capacity of a resource of a group of resources of the network in accordance with a resource profile for the network device, and wherein the resource profile controlled assignment of the resource to the network slice, resulting in an assigned resource;   based on monitoring performance of the network slice, identifying that the resource profile was recalibrated in accordance with a condition associated with the network service type, resulting in a modification of the capacity of the assigned resource, wherein the resource profile further controlled recalibration of the allocation of the assigned resource to comply with a performance requirement; and   based on the monitoring of the performance of the network slice and a prediction of future utilization of the network slice, receiving an indication that the network slice requires a different level of services to comply with the performance requirement, wherein the prediction of future utilization is based on historical information regarding usage of the network device.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the assigned resource comprises a prioritizing resource usable to prioritize communications of the network in relation to network slices different than the network slice. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the network slice comprises a virtual network that spans from a radio unit to a device employing an internet protocol for communications, and wherein the communications are via an edge network device and the core network device of the network. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the assigned resource comprises a load balancing resource to balance communication between components in the virtual network.