Design and Experimental Validation of a Software-Defined Radio Access Network Testbed with Slicing Support

Table 2

Template with the descriptors for the specification of a RAN slice.

Attributes	Description
Identifiers	RAN Slice ID: Identifies the RAN Slice Instance
	PLMNList: Set of PLMN(s) served through the RAN Slice
	NSSAIList: Set of S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN served through the RAN slice
	CellList: Set of cells where the RAN Slice can be selected
RRMPolicy-L3 Descriptor	Admission Control Policy:
	Aggregated radio load [units: %][(QCI, ARP) pairs][cell-level, slice-level][Minimum, Maximum]
	Aggregated bit rate [units: b/s] [(QCI, ARP) pairs][cell-level, slice-level][Minimum, Maximum]
	Number of DRBs [(QCI, ARP) pairs][cell-level, slice-level][Minimum, Maximum]
	Number of UEs [cell-level, slice-level][Minimum, Maximum]
	Averaging Window: It represents the duration over which the radio load and bit rate shall be calculated
RRMPolicy-L2 Descriptor	Scheduling Policy:
	Inter-slice scheduling: [algorithm] optionally [resource units per slice: %]
	Intra-slice scheduling: [algorithm]