US 12,143,438 B2
Resource sharing system
Jin Nakazato, Tokyo (JP); Saki Tanaka, Tokyo (JP); and Haruka Horiuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/040,358
Filed by RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/005707
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/152980, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259463 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 8/60 (2018.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/10 (2013.01) [G06F 8/60 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus that comprises one or more processors and, with at least one of the one or more processors, performs:
monitoring a resource usage state of a cloud in a cloud group;
with a creation request for a new application to a primary cloud in the cloud group serving as a trigger, deciding whether or not a resource for deploying all CNFs (Containerized Network Functions) for constructing the new application is in the primary cloud;
based on a size of available resources of the primary cloud, for a surplus CNF that cannot be deployed in the primary cloud that is to be deployed in a cloud other than the primary cloud in the cloud group, determining a secondary cloud in which the surplus CNF is to be deployed; and
deploying the surplus CNF in the secondary cloud
wherein the available resources of the primary cloud are based on available containers within the primary cloud on which the CNFs are deployed.