| CPC H04L 41/0803 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 80/10 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a node through a first connection outside a managed network, a request associated with a second connection between nodes within the managed network, wherein the second connection is associated with a plurality of network elements within the managed network;
generating, at an application description function, in accordance with the received request, a set of configuration information comprising a plurality of element-specific configuration data subsets, each element-specific configuration data subset mapped to one of the plurality of network elements associated with the second connection; and
transmitting, towards each of the different network elements associated with the second connection, a corresponding configuration request comprising the respective element-specific configuration data subset.
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