CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 41/5045 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method in a control system for controlling provisioning of a service in a network, the service comprising one or more network functions including a first network function, the method comprising:
receiving an allocation request for providing the service;
obtaining a predefined stored network function specification data structure identifying and specifying the first network function and defining at least a virtual implementation associated with a virtual machine identifier, for performing the first network function and a physical implementation, associated with a hardware identifier, for performing the first network function; and
after receiving the allocation request, controlling provisioning of the service in the network by the control system making a selection of one of the defined implementations in the predefined stored network function specification data structure, for performing the first network function.
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