US 11,943,801 B2
Method and apparatus for abstracting network resources to support end user mobility
Paola Iovanna, Pisa (IT); and Teresa Pepe, Pisa (IT)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/292,755
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/081962
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/104022, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400678 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/543 (2023.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/543 (2023.01) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 24/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of orchestrating a plurality of network resources for providing a requested network service in a mobile communications network, the method comprising:
monitoring service requests;
obtaining information comprising abstracted resources of radio domain, transport domain and computing domain;
obtaining and processing a service description comprising a set of parameters defining the service to be provided;
identifying resources in the abstracted resources from the radio domain, transport domain and computing domain to produce a cross-abstraction, wherein said cross-abstraction aggregates the abstracted resources per geographical area and per class of services;
identifying resources in the cross-abstraction for delivering the service defined in the service description in a coverage area determined based on the service description.