
Protection-related traffic, video inspection, field workforce applications and routine IoT telemetry should not necessarily compete under identical policies on a shared network. A temporary loss of a non-critical application is not the same as losing communications with a protection, control or emergency-response process, so logical service separation must align communications behavior with the criticality of each operational process.
A dedicated slice keeps protection traffic isolated from routine telemetry, workforce applications and video inspection, each governed by its own QoS policy.
Isolated slices keep protection-related traffic available even when lower-priority services on the same network are congested or degraded.
Security policies and QoS levels are applied consistently to each slice according to the criticality of the service it carries.
New utility services can launch on their own slice instead of requiring a new isolated network for every use case.
Defined slice models and KPIs reduce ad hoc network configurations across protection, workforce and telemetry services.
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NTT DATA identifies which utility services require differentiated QoS and isolation, from protection traffic to routine telemetry.

Slice and service models, KPIs and security policies are defined so each traffic type gets the treatment its criticality requires.

Orchestration is integrated across access, transport and edge domains so slices behave consistently end to end.

Provisioning, validation and assurance are automated so new slices can be deployed and verified without manual reconfiguration.

Cyber risk, recovery expectations, coverage and the long lifecycle of network assets shape how each slice is designed and governed.


These targets are indicative: actual results depend on slice design and network maturity, and vary by orchestration complexity and vendor support.
Protection and workforce services gain assured performance across sites, sized to each slice’s operational criticality.
Automated provisioning and validation shorten the time needed to deploy new slices or restore service after disruption.
Consistent security policies applied per slice strengthen policy compliance across protection, workforce and telemetry traffic.
Slice isolation reduces single points of failure, with baseline and target availability levels confirmed during assessment.
Match protection traffic, workforce applications and telemetry to the network treatment each one actually needs, without building it twice.