System and method for network provisioning

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10778512-B2
Application number	US-201916457620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2019
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

Implementations described and claimed herein provided for a system for provisioning network resources. The system includes a network provisioning abstraction layer having an application interface for receiving network provisioning requests from applications and determine provisioning instructions for fulfilling the requests. Each of the received provisioning instructions is queued in a priority queuing system according to a request priority. The provisioning instructions for the highest priority requests are removed from the front of the queue and sent to a resource interface that relays the requests to the appropriate network resources.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for network provisioning using a network provisioning abstraction layer comprising a computing device including a processor coupled to a memory, the memory storing instructions for execution on the processor, the instructions configured to cause the processor to:
receive a first network provisioning request from a first application;
receive a second network provisioning request from a second application;
search, based on the first network provisioning request and the second network provisioning request, for at least one provisioning instruction for executing the first request and at least one provisioning instruction for executing the second request;
prioritize the at least one provisioning instruction for executing the first request and the at least one provisioning instruction for executing the second request relative to other provisioning instructions using a priority queue, the priority queue comprising a plurality of queues, each queue associated with a different priority level, including at least a high priority queue and a low priority queue, wherein the first application is mapped to the high priority queue and the second application is mapped to the low priority queue; and
provide the at least one provisioning instruction for executing the first request to at least one network resource for completing the first network provisioning request ahead of providing the at least one provisioning instruction for executing the second request based on the priority queue.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the search for the at least one provisioning instruction is conducted by using the first network provisioning request to query a database.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to:
receive a status from the first network resource after an execution of at least one provisioning instruction by the first network resource; and
report the status to the first application.

4. A method for provisioning network resources comprising:
receiving a first network provisioning request from a first application;
receiving a second network provisioning request from a second application
searching, based on the first provisioning request and the second network provisioning request, for at least one provisioning instruction for completing the first network provisioning request and at least one provisioning instruction for completing the second network provisioning request;
prioritizing the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the first network provisioning request and the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the second network provisioning request relative to other provisioning instructions using a priority queue, the priority queue comprising a plurality of queues, each queue associated with a different priority level, including at least a high priority queue and a low priority queue, wherein the first application is mapped to the high priority queue and the second application is mapped to the low priority queue; and
providing the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the first network provisioning request to at least one network resource for completing the first network provisioning request ahead of providing the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the second request based on the priority queue.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein searching for at least one provisioning instruction comprises querying a database for the at least one provisioning instruction using the first network provisioning request.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving a status from the first network resource after an execution of at least one provisioning instruction by the first network resource; and
reporting the status to an application.

7. A nontransitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for provisioning network resources comprising:
receiving a first network provisioning request from a first application;
receiving a second network provisioning request from a second application
searching, based on the first provisioning request and the second network provisioning request, for at least one provisioning instruction for completing the first network provisioning request and at least one provisioning instruction for completing the second network provisioning request;
prioritizing the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the first network provisioning request and the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the second network provisioning request relative to other provisioning instructions using a priority queue, the priority queue comprising a plurality of queues, each queue associated with a different priority level, including at least a high priority queue and a low priority queue, wherein the first application is mapped to the high priority queue and the second application is mapped to the low priority queue; and
providing the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the first network provisioning request to at least one network resource for completing the first network provisioning request ahead of providing the at least one provisioning instruction for completing the second request based on the priority queue.

8. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein searching for at least one provisioning instruction comprises querying a database for the at least one provisioning instruction using the first network provisioning request.

9. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a status from the first network resource after an execution of at least one provisioning instruction by the first network resource; and
reporting the status to an application.

Assignees

• Level 3 Communications Llc

Inventors

• Uzelac Adam Charles
• Behmlander Darren
• Chan Michael Dana
• Doyle Thomas
• Pendergrast Gregory
• Zaleski Kenneth
• Terpstra Richard Dean
• Moore Richard D
• Mcfalls George

Classifications

• H04L41/0806 Primary

  for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play · CPC title

• H04L41/5054

  Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components · CPC title

• H04L47/6215

  Individual queue per QOS, rate or priority · CPC title