Cloud enabling resources as a service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10917478-B2
Application number	US-201916443007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2019
Priority date	Apr 16, 2016
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

One aspect includes a method for constructing a specified virtual solution, comprising: obtaining a solution profile from a solution repository catalog, wherein the solution profile identifies one or more resources for the specified virtual solution; acquiring the one or more resources identified by the solution profile from one or more devices; and assembling the acquired one or more resources in accordance with the solution profile to construct the specified virtual solution. Another aspect includes a method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising: implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management; and implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising:
implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management;
implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities; and
forming an ad hoc cloud with multi-dimensionality elasticity using the RaaS layer, the ad hoc cloud comprising one or more devices, each device having a device cloudification plug-in and advertising its available functionalities as virtual resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising implementing privacy and security governed by at least one policy.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one policy specifies a profile based on at least one of a resource type, a localization context, a cloud initiator context, an application context, and a service context.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises at least one of a smart cloud of smart resources (SCSR) and a smart cloud of smart things (SCST).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises a plurality of resource types that are not tied to a single data center or cloud provider.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RaaS functionality allows formation of the ad hoc cloud with the multi-dimensionality elasticity.

7. An apparatus for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor, coupled to said memory, and operative to:
implement a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management;
implement a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities; and
form an ad hoc cloud with multi-dimensionality elasticity using the RaaS layer, the ad hoc cloud comprising one or more devices, each device having a device cloudification plug-in and advertising its available functionalities as virtual resources.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to implement privacy and security governed by at least one policy.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one policy specifies a profile based on at least one of a resource type, a localization context, a cloud initiator context, an application context, and a service context.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises at least one of a smart cloud of smart resources (SCSR) and a smart cloud of smart things (SCST).

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises a plurality of resource types that are not tied to a single data center or cloud provider.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the RaaS functionality allows formation of the ad hoc cloud with the multi-dimensionality elasticity.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, the method comprising:
implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management;
implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities; and
forming an ad hoc cloud with multi-dimensionality elasticity using the RaaS layer, the ad hoc cloud comprising one or more devices, each device having a device cloudification plug-in and advertising its available functionalities as virtual resources.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises implementing privacy and security governed by at least one policy.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the at least one policy specifies a profile based on at least one of a resource type, a localization context, a cloud initiator context, an application context, and a service context.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises at least one of a smart cloud of smart resources (SCSR) and a smart cloud of smart things (SCST).

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises a plurality of resource types that are not tied to a single data center or cloud provider.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the RaaS functionality allows formation of the ad hoc cloud with the multi-dimensionality elasticity.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chefalas Thomas E
• Perng Chang-Shing
• Sailer Anca
• Silva-Lepe Ignacio

Classifications

• H04L41/0806 Primary

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

• H04L67/51 Primary

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title

• H04L41/5019

  Ensuring fulfilment of SLA · CPC title

• H04L41/0886

  Fully automatic configuration · CPC title

• H04L67/1097

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title