Managing Secure Inter-slice Communication in 5G Network Slice Chains

Network Slicing is one of the cornerstones for network operators to provide communication services. It is envisioned that in order to provide richer communication services, network slices need to be connected to each other in an orderly fashion, interlacing their functionalities. The challenge is to manage inter-slice communication securely, leveraging on security attributes inherent to the communication service and the constituting network slices.

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