Fig. 3

Proposed network slicing model. Dotted lines show sub-components whereas solid lines depict an action or process coloured solid line are used to show which process is involved with each component/sub-component. The process belongs to the sub-component from which the solid line starts from. For example, blue solid line belongs to the SDN sub-component as the blue solid line starts from SDN sub-component and ends at RAN sub-component. Blocks are used to group each component and its sub-component to a single unit