US 12,470,467 B2
Computer-implemented data structure for a service instance object and related methods and network node devices
Klaus Negle, Munich (DE); Stephen Mwanje, Munich (DE); and Uwe Rauschenbach, Munich (DE)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 18/562,085
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed May 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/063038
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/242828, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0243981 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/50 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/5096 (2013.01) [H04L 41/5009 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of utilizing a service instance object at an end-to-end, E2E, service management entity of a network and service management system, the method comprising:
causing, by a processor, a request to initiate a cross-domain E2E service to be transmitted to a management domain entity, the request comprising a reference to a service instance object associated with the cross-domain E2E service, the service instance object conforming to a computer-implemented data structure comprising:
a first data section, configured to store general service instance data,
a second data section, configured to store E2E service data,
a third data section, configured to store E2E service process flow specific data comprising data related to an E2E service management procedure associated with the E2E service process flow, and
a fourth data section, configured to store management domain specific data comprising data related to a management domain;
receiving, at the processor, acknowledgement information from the management domain entity, the acknowledgement information comprising information related to at least one service action performed by the management domain entity based on the transmitted request to initiate the cross-domain E2E service; and
causing, by the processor, the service instance object to be updated based on the received acknowledgement information.
 
2. A method of utilizing a service instance object at a management domain entity of a network and service management system, the method comprising:
receiving, at a processor from an end-to-end, E2E, service management entity, a request to initiate a cross-domain E2E service, the request comprising a reference to a service instance object associated with the cross-domain E2E service, the service instance object conforming to a computer-implemented data structure comprising:
a first data section, configured to store general service instance data,
a second data section, configured to store E2E service data,
a third data section, configured to store E2E service process flow specific data comprising data related to an E2E service management procedure associated with the E2E service process flow, and
a fourth data section, configured to store management domain specific data comprising data related to a management domain;
accessing, by the processor, service instance data in the referred service instance object;
performing at least one service action based on the accessed service instance data; and
causing, by the processor, the service instance object to be updated by accessing the service instance object and appending data indicating one or more activated policies based on the performed at least one service action.