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Virtual infrastructure

  • US 10,454,771 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/2016
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • at least one processor; and

    at least one memory including computer program code;

    wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

    receive infrastructure information describing infrastructure resources of a network infrastructure of a communication network, wherein the infrastructure resources comprise network resources and service resources;

    process the infrastructure information, based on a set of infrastructure virtualization data structures, to provide virtualized infrastructure information describing virtualized infrastructure resources of a virtualized network infrastructure of the communication network;

    wherein the set of infrastructure virtualization data structures includes at least one infrastructure virtualization data structure including;

    a first set of fields configured to support management of the virtualized infrastructure resources by a set of multiple owners; and

    a second set of fields configured to support hierarchical management of the virtualized infrastructure resources by a set of multiple tenants based on association of respective ones of the fields of the second set of fields with respective levels of a tenant hierarchy for the set of multiple tenants;

    wherein the virtualized infrastructure resources comprise virtualized network resources representing virtualization of the network resources and virtualized service resources representing virtualization of the service resources; and

    manage the virtualized infrastructure resources based on the virtualized infrastructure information describing the virtualized infrastructure resources.

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