公开(公告)号：US20180139107A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15808349

申请日：2017-11-09

申请人： Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Xu LI ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR

发明人： Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Xu LI ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/911

摘要： A method for providing a service in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of resources and at least one slice of resources. The method comprises actions of receiving, creating and modifying. A request is received from a customer to serve a group of user devices by a first service. A new NSI is created to provide the first service, if it is determined that there is no existing NSI, shareable between a plurality of services, that can provide the first service. An existing NSI, shareable between a plurality of services, is modified to serve the group of user devices by that first service in addition to at least one second service that is already provided by the existing NSI, if it is determined that the existing NSI can provide the first service.

公开(公告)号：US20180132138A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15805043

申请日：2017-11-06

申请人： Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Xu LI ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR ,  Ngoc Dung DAO ,  Philippe LEROUX ,  Hang ZHANG

发明人： Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Xu LI ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR ,  Ngoc Dung DAO ,  Philippe LEROUX ,  Hang ZHANG

IPC分类号： H04W28/24 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04W28/24 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0813 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/5041 ,  H04L47/14 ,  H04L47/78 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W48/18

摘要： A method of providing a network slice service includes a mobile network operator (MNO): providing one or more service profiles to a virtual service provider (VSP) serving a user population including a plurality of user devices, each service profile comprising attributes defining characteristics of a respective network slice service offered by the MNO, the network slice service comprising any one or more of: a Virtual Network with E2E service requirements; a Virtual Network with a specified network topology; and a virtualized infrastructure. The MNO receives a request for a selected network slice service from the VSP; determines whether or not the requested service can be provided; and responsive to determining that the requested service can be provided: sending a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the network slice service to the VSP; and subsequently facilitating a network slice service instance in accordance with the SLA.

公开(公告)号：US20180132117A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15803040

申请日：2017-11-03

申请人： Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR ,  Hang ZHANG ,  Xu LI

发明人： Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR ,  Hang ZHANG ,  Xu LI

IPC分类号： H04W24/02 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06F11/30 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F11/34

摘要： Embodiments provide systems and methods for managing resources in networks which utilize network slicing. Embodiments include systems and methods for monitoring performance in networks which utilize network slicing when the resources of a network domain are allocated to more than one slice. Embodiments include systems and methods for monitoring performance when resources of a slice are controlled by different network operators/service providers. A domain manager can make the performance measurement data available per network allotment instance with an identifier indicating to which virtual network service the performance measurement data belongs.

公开(公告)号：US20170104688A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-13

申请号：US15181913

申请日：2016-06-14

申请人： Meisam MIRAHSAN ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Ngoc Dung DAO ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR

发明人： Meisam MIRAHSAN ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Ngoc Dung DAO ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR

IPC分类号： H04L12/911 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26

CPC分类号： H04L47/70 ,  H04L12/4641 ,  H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/5051 ,  H04L41/5077 ,  H04L43/062 ,  H04L47/822 ,  H04W28/0268 ,  H04W28/0289

摘要： Methods and apparatus for determining whether to admit a virtual network using a set of communication network resources are provided. Different network resources can be owned by different infrastructure providers. Virtual network requests include a spatial profile of traffic requirements to be accommodated, and a determination is made as to whether the request can be accommodated based on available network resources. The resources include available backhaul link capacities. The resources can include computing resources for supporting service functions of the virtual network. Monitored network resource usage and traffic corresponding to the virtual network can be used to adjust future requests and accommodations. When a virtual network cannot be accommodated, a counter-offer can be made. Accommodation may incorporate monetary considerations. A feasibility computation of the admission procedure is formulated.

公开(公告)号：US20180191563A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15861177

申请日：2018-01-03

申请人： Hamidreza FARMANBAR ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  William Anthony GAGE

发明人： Hamidreza FARMANBAR ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  William Anthony GAGE

IPC分类号： H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/0843 ,  H04L41/085 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W76/10

摘要： Methods for configuring user plane functions associated with a network slice. The methods include: creating a user plane configuration profile specific to at least one of an access technology and a user plane function; associating the user plane configuration profile with a network slice instance; selecting the network slice in response to a service request; and communicating the user plane configuration profile associated with the selected network slice instance to a control plane function.

公开(公告)号：US20180176325A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15842304

申请日：2017-12-14

申请人： Chengchao LIANG ,  Fei YU ,  Ngoc Dung DAO ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR

发明人： Chengchao LIANG ,  Fei YU ,  Ngoc Dung DAO ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Hamidreza FARMANBAR

IPC分类号： H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04L67/2847 ,  G06F16/9574 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/2842 ,  H04L69/40 ,  H04W28/0289

摘要： A communication system and method for pre-fetching content to be delivered to User Equipment connected to a communication network is provided. The system and method may include at least one network entity operative to evaluate at least one network resource metric measuring an operating condition of the communication network, and operative to send to a UE connected to the network a pre-fetching message to trigger pre-fetching of the content.

公开(公告)号：US20180123878A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15798104

申请日：2017-10-30

申请人： Xu LI ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH

发明人： Xu LI ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/911

摘要： The present application provides a method and system for the operation of a management plane function to co-ordinate management of slice and slice-related resources within a communications network.

公开(公告)号：US20180124175A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15797378

申请日：2017-10-30

申请人： Xu LI ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH

发明人： Xu LI ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH

IPC分类号： H04L29/08 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04L12/24

摘要： Systems and methods are disclosed for unified data management in a communication network. According to embodiments, the unified data management methods and systems can provide management of some control plane data, for example data that may be shared by multiple network functions (NF). According to embodiments, virtualization of the data storage if further provided.

公开(公告)号：US20180123896A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15794318

申请日：2017-10-26

申请人： Xu LI ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH

发明人： Xu LI ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH

IPC分类号： H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/044 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/20 ,  H04L47/82

摘要： A method for managing a communications network includes providing a parent network manager in a parent domain of the communications network, and providing a child network manager in a child domain of the communications network. The parent network manager comprises at least one of a parent Service Oriented Network Auto Creation (SONAC) function and a parent MANagement and Orchestration (MANO) function. The child network manager comprises at least one of a child Service Oriented Network Auto Creation (SONAC) function and a child MANagement and Orchestration (MANO) function. The parent and child network managers cooperate to optimize management of the parent and child domains of the communications network.

公开(公告)号：US20200044943A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16526170

申请日：2019-07-30

申请人： Remziye Irem BOR-YALINIZ ,  Hang ZHANG ,  Chengchao LIANG ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Xu LI

发明人： Remziye Irem BOR-YALINIZ ,  Hang ZHANG ,  Chengchao LIANG ,  Nimal Gamini SENARATH ,  Xu LI

IPC分类号： H04L12/24

摘要： A communication service manager (CSM) apparatus for monitoring a communication network is provided. The CSM receives configuration instruction message from a higher-level device, and creates or modifies a set of tasks based on the configuration instruction message. The CSM is thus configured to interact with data provider devices to obtain specific information, process the information, and report the results of the processing operations toward a specified device or database. The data provider devices monitor network operations and may include network functions and data analytics manager (DAM) functions. A format for configuration instruction messages, for configuring the CSM, is also provided.