Abstract: An apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The processor is configured to receive an expected service level agreement (SLA) for a media service from a service provider, where the media service includes a plurality of media flows. The processor is also configured to provision a network slice that includes media functions based on the expected SLA. The processor is further configured to configure the media functions in the network slice with flow prioritization information for each media flow among the plurality of media flows. Additionally, the processor is configured to determine performance of each of the media flows. The processor is also configured to perform adjustment of the service parameters based on the determination that the performance of one or more of the media flows is below the expected SLA.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to receive from an application service provider, expected stream parameters for a plurality of media streams provided over at least one network slice. The communication interface is also configured to receive actual stream parameters for each of the media streams. The processor is configured to determine stream transmission condition information for each of the media streams, wherein the stream transmission condition information is based on a comparison of the actual stream parameters and the expected stream parameters. The processor is also configured to perform stream synchronization based on the stream transmission condition information.