Virtual mobile management entity management
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1. An element manager, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to access the electronic memory to;
receive, from a network manager (NM), a request to create a management object instance;
receive, from a virtual network function manager (VNFM), a notification of a successful instantiation of a virtual mobile management entity (VMME);
create the management object instance in response to receiving the request and the notification, wherein the management object instance is created with at least a user defined state attribute, a vendor name attribute, a version attribute, a managed element type attribute, and a virtual network function (VNF) image identification (ID) attribute;
add the management object instance to a mobile management entity (MME) pool to manage a plurality of user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system; and
notify the NM of the creation of the management object instance.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems for instantiating and terminating a MME VNF. The MME VNF is instantiated and/or terminated using an EM, a NM, a VNFM, a VIM, a NFVO and/or a catalog. Instantiating an MME VNF includes on-boarding the VNF package, creating a managed element, executing the enabled VNF package, instantiating the MME VNF instance, creating the MME function and modifying the MME pool to add the MME VNF instance. Terminating the MME VNF includes decommissioning the MME VNF services, modifying the MME pool to remove the MME VNF from the MME pool, and terminating the MME VNF instance.
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1. An element manager, comprising:
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electronic memory; one or more processors configured to access the electronic memory to; receive, from a network manager (NM), a request to create a management object instance; receive, from a virtual network function manager (VNFM), a notification of a successful instantiation of a virtual mobile management entity (VMME); create the management object instance in response to receiving the request and the notification, wherein the management object instance is created with at least a user defined state attribute, a vendor name attribute, a version attribute, a managed element type attribute, and a virtual network function (VNF) image identification (ID) attribute; add the management object instance to a mobile management entity (MME) pool to manage a plurality of user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system; and notify the NM of the creation of the management object instance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when implemented by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for a virtual mobile management entity virtual network function (MME VNF) instantiation, the operations comprising:
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on-boarding a virtual network function (VNF) package in response to a request for mobile management entity (MME) resources; creating a management object instance in response to the on-boarding of the VNF package, wherein the management object instance is created with at least a user defined state attribute, a vendor name attribute, a version attribute, a managed element type attribute, and a virtual network function (VNF) image identification (ID) attribute; enabling the VNF package based on the on-boarding of the VNF package in response to the creation of the management object instance; and instantiating a MME VNF based on the enablement of the VNF package in response to the enablement of the VNF package. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a virtual network function manager (VNFM), a notification of a successful instantiation of a virtual mobile management entity (VMME); in response to the notification and a request to create a management object instance, creating the management object instance, wherein the management object instance is created with at least a user defined state attribute, a vendor name attribute, a version attribute, a managed element type attribute, and a virtual network function (VNF) image identification (ID) attribute; adding the management object instance to a mobile management entity (MME) pool to manage a plurality of user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system; and notifying the NM of the creation of the management object instance.
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