US 11,888,683 B2
Method and control system for controlling provisioning of a service in a network
Hendrik Moens, Kalken (BE); and Jeroen Famaey, Zwijndrecht (BE)
Assigned to Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam (NL); Imec VZW, Leuven (BE); and Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
Appl. No. 15/556,166
Filed by Koninklijke KPN N.V., The Hague (NL); IMEC VZW, Leuven (BE); and Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2016, PCT No. PCT/EP2016/055216
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2017,
PCT Pub. No. WO2016/146494, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15159021 (EP), filed on Mar. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0041388 A1, Feb. 8, 2018
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 8/30 (2018.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 41/5041 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.