US 11,902,104 B2
Data-centric service-based network architecture
Geng Wu, Portland, OR (US); Leifeng Ruan, Beijing (CN); Qian Li, Beaverton, OR (US); and Dawei Ying, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/186,526.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/985,728, filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,884, filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0184989 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/16 (2022.01); H04L 47/783 (2022.01); H04L 47/762 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 41/16 (2013.01) [G06F 18/214 (2023.01); H04L 47/762 (2013.01); H04L 47/783 (2013.01); H04L 47/822 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to provide functions in a new radio (NR) network, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
provide data plane functions (DPFs), the DPFs configured to serve as a shared database for control functions, user functions and management functions for data plane resources in the NR network; and
interact with other functions of the NR network via a service interface, the other functions comprising control plane functions (CPF), user plane functions (UPF), management plane functions (MPF), compute plane functions (COMPF), network exposure functions (NEF) and application functions (AF); and
a memory configured to store data to be provided to the other functions,
wherein the DPFs are configured to:
provide a unified metadata format across network services and devices,
provide data sharing among communication and computation services, and across security domains,
assist message exchange between communication and computation services, including inter-process communication for distributed computing,
provide data coherence and conflict resolution maintenance,
provide data integrity on at least user equipment (UE)-uploaded data,
provide NEF interaction for network data exposure,
provide data management functions including lifecycle management, access management, data clarification and identification, and data valuation management, and
provide data management of different types of data that include private, public, restricted access, domain-specific, model generated, and measurement.