Systems, devices, and methods of orchestrating resources and services across multiple heterogeneous domains

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9565074-B2
Application number	US-201213452670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2012
Priority date	Apr 26, 2011
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems for controlling services across multiple heterogeneous networks, which may include receiving a service request, identifying two or more telecommunications domains required to fulfill the received service request, generating two or more domain specific service requests based on the received service request, associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains, and sending the associated domain specific service requests to exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains. A component in the telecommunications domain may receive the domain specific service request, decompose the request into resource rule(s), and send the resource rule(s) to a relevant component within the associated telecommunications domain for enforcement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling services in a telecommunications system that is organized into a plurality of domains, the method comprising:
receiving, in a server processor of a continuum orchestrator computing device, a policy-charging request that includes information for delivery of a first service across the telecommunications system, wherein:
all components in the telecommunications system involved in the delivery of the first service are grouped into at least one of the plurality of domains,
each domain in the plurality of domains includes different components than every other domain in plurality of domains,
the plurality of domains includes at least a first domain and a second domain,
the components in the first domain collectively provide a first functionality for the delivery of the first service,
the components in the second domain collectively provide a different functionality for the delivery of the first service,
the first domain includes a first domain orchestrator component, and
the second domain includes a second domain orchestrator component;

identifying, via the server processor, domains in the telecommunications system that collectively provide functionality required to fulfill the received policy-charging request, the identified domains including the first domain and the second domain;
generating, via the server processor, a plurality of domain specific policy-charging requests based on the information included in the received policy-charging request, the plurality of domain specific policy-charging requests including:
a first message that includes information specific to altering the first functionality provided by the components in the first domain, and
a second message that includes information specific to altering the different functionality provided by the components in the second domain;

associating the first message with the first domain;
associating the second message with the second domain;
sending the first message to the first domain orchestrator component in the first domain; and
sending the second message to the second domain orchestrator component in the second domain.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the first message in the first domain orchestrator component; and
performing a domain operation in the first domain based on information included in the first message in response to receiving the first message in the first domain orchestrator component.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
decomposing, by the first domain orchestrator component, the received first message into a resource rule; and
sending, by the first domain orchestrator component, the resource rule to a component within the first domain; and
enforcing the resource rule in the first domain via the component in the first domain.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the plurality of domain specific policy-charging requests based on the information included in the received policy-charging request comprises generating:
an event-based request;
a session based creation request;
a session based modification request;
a session based termination request; or
a request containing a policy.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first domain has a hierarchical structure and includes at least one sub-domain.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the second message to the second domain comprises associating the second message with a user equipment domain.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first domain orchestrator component is a server computing device that is deployed in a policy and charging control network.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving, in the server processor of the continuum orchestrator computing device, the policy-charging request comprises receiving the policy-charging request from a component in a third domain in the plurality of domains.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving, in the server processor of the continuum orchestrator computing device, the policy-charging request that includes information for the delivery of the first service across the telecommunications system comprises receiving the policy-charging request in response to detecting a change in circumstances in at least one of the domains associated with the delivery of the first service across the telecommunications system.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a server processor of a continuum orchestrator computing device to perform operations for controlling services across in a telecommunications system that is organized into a plurality of domains, the operations comprising:
receiving a policy-charging request that includes information for delivery of a first service across the telecommunications system, wherein
all components in the telecommunications system involved in the delivery of the first service are grouped into at least one of the plurality of domains,
each domain in the plurality of domains includes different components than every other domain in plurality of domains,
the plurality of domains includes at least a first domain and a second domain,
the components in the first domain collectively provide a first functionality for the delivery of the first service,
the components in the second domain collectively provide a different functionality for the delivery of the first service,
the first domain includes a first domain orchestrator component, and
the second domain includes a second domain orchestrator component;

identifying domains in the telecommunications system that collectively provide functionality required to fulfill the received policy-charging request, the identified domains including the first domain and the second domain;
generating a plurality of domain specific policy-charging requests based on the information included in the received policy-charging request;
associating the first message with the first domain;
associating the second message with the second domain;
sending the first message to the first domain orchestrator component in the first domain; and
sending the second message to the second domain orchestrator component in the second domain.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that generating the plurality of domain specific policy-charging requests based on the information included in the received policy-charging request comprises generating:
an event-based request;
a session based creation request;
a session based modification request;
a session based termination request; or
a request containing a policy.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that associating the first message with the first domain comprises associating first message with a telecommunications domain having a hierarchical structure and at least one a sub-domain.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that associating second message with the second domain comprises associating the second message with a user equipment domain.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions

Assignees

• Lehane Bart
• Mcnamee Alan
• Dunne Cameron Ross
• Hogan Joe
• Openet Telecom Ltd

Inventors

• Lehane Bart
• Mcnamee Alan
• Dunne Cameron Ross
• Hogan Joe

Classifications

• H04L41/5054 Primary

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