A Markov Model for Request-Based Inter-Slice Resource Management in 5G Networks

The emerging feature of network slicing in future Fifth Generation (5G) mobile communication networks calls for efficient inter-slice resource management technologies. Multiple recent studies have been focusing on the mechanism of requestbased slice admission control, which functions in a state-machinealike approach. This paper proposes a general state model for synchronous request-based inter-slice resource management, and proves it to be Markovian under a set of weak constrains. An approximate analytical solution of the state transition probability matrix is also proposed and evaluated.