Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing network slice quota management. A network slice quota management function may store capacity information for one or more network slices. The network slice quota management function may receive a request for an indication of whether a network slice has additional capacity. The network slice quota management function may provide an indication of whether the network slice has additional capacity in response to the request. The capacity information may relate to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of wireless devices registered for the network slice, or to the capacity of the network slice with respect to the number of packet sessions established with the network slice, or both, among various possibilities.

It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request to provide a service for a first network function is received; acquiring a stored service level requirement for the service if the request is received; checking whether an instance of a second network function providing the service fulfills the service level requirement; inhibiting providing an identifier of the instance of the second network function to the first network function in response to the request if the instance of the second network function does not fulfill the service level requirement.

It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request to provide a service for a first network function is received; acquiring a stored service level requirement for the service if the request is received; checking whether an instance of a second network function providing the service fulfills the service level requirement; inhibiting providing an identifier of the instance of the second network function to the first network function in response to the request if the instance of the second network function does not fulfill the service level requirement.

A mobile cell (mCell) for use in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The mCell may include a wireless network cell node attached to a mobile carrier. The mCell may have one or more processors operable to: assign physical cell identity (PCI) and root sequence index (RSI) for allowing the mCell to join the network in a plug-and-play manner and to maintain connectivity with the system while moving; provide wireless application access for user equipment (UE) and wireless data relay and xHaul for neighboring cells nodes while the mCell is moving; and communicatively couple with other cells and network elements of the system, thereby forming a mesh network for extending and enhancing wireless communication within the system.

Embodiments herein disclose path selection for data traffic within a software-defined wide area network using traffic metrics. Some embodiments relate to a method that includes polling peers of the SD-WAN for traffic metrics, receiving traffic metrics from at least a portion of the peers, combining the received traffic metrics, calculating performance of a plurality of possible paths from a source node to a destination node, the nodes being within the SD-WAN topology, and selecting a path from the source node to the destination node based on the calculated performance.

A forwarding device receives at least one service flow; the forwarding device obtains service information of the at least one service flow, where the service information of the service flow includes identification information of a network object to which the service flow belongs and M key performance indicators KPIs of the service flow, M is an integer greater than 0, and the network object includes one or more devices; and the forwarding device sends training information to a first device, where the training information includes the service information of the at least one service flow or a feature set obtained based on the service information of the at least one service flow, the training information is used to train a fault detection model, and the fault detection model is used to detect whether the network object is in a faulty state.

A forwarding device receives at least one service flow; the forwarding device obtains service information of the at least one service flow, where the service information of the service flow includes identification information of a network object to which the service flow belongs and M key performance indicators KPIs of the service flow, M is an integer greater than 0, and the network object includes one or more devices; and the forwarding device sends training information to a first device, where the training information includes the service information of the at least one service flow or a feature set obtained based on the service information of the at least one service flow, the training information is used to train a fault detection model, and the fault detection model is used to detect whether the network object is in a faulty state.

In certain embodiments, a forwarding device receives at least one service flow. The forwarding device obtains service information of the at least one service flow, where the service information of the service flow includes identification information of a network object to which the service flow belongs and M key performance indicators KPIs of the service flow. M is an integer greater than o, and the network object includes one or more devices. The forwarding device sends detection information to a first device, where the detection information includes the service information of the at least one service flow or a feature set obtained based on the service information of the at least one service flow. The detection information is used to detect whether the network object is in a faulty state.

In certain embodiments, a forwarding device receives at least one service flow. The forwarding device obtains service information of the at least one service flow, where the service information of the service flow includes identification information of a network object to which the service flow belongs and M key performance indicators KPIs of the service flow. M is an integer greater than o, and the network object includes one or more devices. The forwarding device sends detection information to a first device, where the detection information includes the service information of the at least one service flow or a feature set obtained based on the service information of the at least one service flow. The detection information is used to detect whether the network object is in a faulty state.

This application discloses a service level configuration methods and apparatuses, and belongs to the field of communications network technologies. According to an example method, a target service level used by a first forwarding node to forward a data flow is directly determined based on a transmission parameter of the data flow and service level information of the first forwarding node, and service level configuration is performed on the first forwarding node. Because a transmission parameter of the target service level of the first forwarding node and the transmission parameter of the data flow meet a first target condition, if the first target condition is a delay requirement required by a special service and the first forwarding node transmits the data flow by using the target service level, transmission of the data flow may meet the delay requirement required by the special service.