US 12,425,306 B2
Interlocked multi-domain topology model for dynamic xNF orchestration
Logaina Boulos, Saint Laurent (CA); Fadi Bishay, Laval (CA); Julien Perron, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (CA); and Hesham Sedky, Vaudreuil Dorion (CA)
Assigned to Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed by Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/347,771.
Prior Publication US 2025/0016054 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0895 (2022.05) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform steps of:
managing an information model of a network that includes a mobile access network, one or more data centers, and a transport network interconnecting the mobile access network and the one or more data centers;
receiving a request for a network slice in the network with the network slice having one or more Key Performance Indicators (KPIs);
utilizing the information model to determine one or more of whether the network can support the network slice with the one or more KPIs and where to place one or more Network Functions (xNFs) associated with the network slice; and
providing a result of the one or more of whether the network can support the network slice with the one or more KPIs and where to place the one or more xNFs associated with the network slice.