System and method for a customized fifth generation (5G) network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9788211-B2
Application number	US-201514639572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2015
Priority date	Mar 5, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

An embodiment logical function architecture for next-generation 5G wireless networks may include a control plane comprising a software defined topology (SDT) logical entity configured to establish a virtual data-plane logical topology for a service, a software defined resource allocation (SDRA) logical entity configured to map the virtual data-plane topology to a physical data-plane for transporting service-related traffic over the wireless network, and a software defined per-service customized data plane process (SDP) logical entity configured to select transport protocol(s) for transporting the service-related traffic over a physical data-plane of the wireless network. An embodiment virtual service specific serving gateway (v-s-SGW) for next-generation 5G networks may be assigned specifically to a service being provided by a group of wirelessly enabled devices, and may be responsible for aggregating service-related traffic communicated by the group of wirelessly enabled devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
transmitting instructions to a software defined topology (SDT) logical entity to establish a virtual data-plane topology for a service, the virtual data-plane topology being established exclusively for the service;
transmitting instructions to a software defined resource allocation (SDRA) logical entity to map the virtual data-plane topology to physical resources for transporting service-related traffic over a network; and
transmitting instructions to a software defined protocol entity to define a transport protocol for transporting the service-related traffic over the network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to establish the virtual data-plane topology include instructions to select network devices to provide the service from a collection of network devices in the network.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the instructions to map the virtual data-plane topology to the physical resources include instructions to map logical links of the virtual data-plane topology to physical paths of the network, and wherein the logical links extend between the network devices selected to provide the service.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein transmitting the instructions to select the transport protocol for transporting the service-related traffic over the physical resources comprises:
transmitting an instruction to the SDP entity to select the transport protocol in accordance with a characteristic of the service related traffic.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to an infrastructure management entity to manage spectrum sharing between different radio access network (RANs) in the network.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to the infrastructure management entity to manage spectrum sharing between multiple networks.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a data and analytics entity to provide data analytics as a service.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a customer service management entity to charge clients for utilization of the physical resources in accordance with a service agreement.

9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a connectivity management entity to provide location tracking as a service (LTaaS) over the network.

10. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a content service management entity to manage content caching in the network.

11. A method for execution at a resource allocation logical entity, the method comprising:
receiving instructions to establish a virtual data-plane topology associated with a service provided by nodes in a network, the virtual data-plane topology being associated exclusively with the service, the virtual data-plane topology received from a logical entity in the network;
mapping the virtual data-plane topology to physical resources for transporting traffic associated with the service over the network; and
transmitting instructions to a software defined per service logical entity to select transport characteristics for the traffic associated with the service over the physical resources.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein mapping the virtual data-plane topology to the physical resources comprises mapping logical links of the virtual data-plane topology to physical paths of the network, wherein the logical links extend between network devices selected to provide the service.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to an infrastructure management entity to manage spectrum sharing between different radio access network (RANs) in a network.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to the infrastructure management entity to manage spectrum sharing between multiple networks.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a data and analytics entity to provide data analytics as a service.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a customer service management entity to charge clients for utilization of the physical resources in accordance with a service agreement.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a connectivity management entity to provide location tracking as a service (LTaaS) over the network.

18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting instructions to a content service management entity to manage content caching in the network.

19. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming causing the processor to:
transmit instructions to a software defined topology (SDT) logical entity to establish a virtual data-plane topology for a service, the virtual data-plane topology being established exclusively for the service;
transmit instructions to a software defined resource allocation (SDRA) logical entity to map the virtual data-plane topology to physical resources for transporting service-related traffic over a network; and
transmit instructions to a software defined protocol entity to define a transport protocol for transporting the service-related traffic over the network.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the instructions to establish the virtual data-plane topology include instructions to select network devices to provide the service from a collection of network devices in the network.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the instructions to map the virtual data-plane topology to the physical resources include instructions to map logical links of the virtual data-plane topology to physical paths of the network, and wherein the logical links extend between the network devices selected to provide the service.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the programming further causes the processor to transmit an instruction to the SDP entity to select the transport protocol in accordance with a characteristic of the service related traffic.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the programming further causes the processor to transmit instructions to an infrastructure management entity to manage spectrum sharing between different radio access network (RANs) in the network.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the programming further causes the processor to transmit instructions to the infrastructure management entity to manage spectrum sharing between multiple networks.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the programming further causes the processor to transmit instructions to a data and analytics entity to provide data analytics as a service.

26. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the programming further causes the processor to transmit instructions to a customer service management entity to charge clients for utilization of the physical resources in accordance with a service agreement.

27. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the programming further causes the processor to transmit instructions to a connectivity management entity to provide location tracking as a service (LTaaS) over the network.

28. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the programming further causes the processor to transmit instruc

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd
• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Hang

Classifications

• H04L41/12

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title

• H04M15/765

  Linked or grouped accounts, e.g. of users or devices · CPC title

• H04W4/24

  Accounting or billing · CPC title

• H04M15/44

  Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation · CPC title

• H04M15/00

  Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication {; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP} · CPC title