Apparatus and method for implementing network resources to provision a service using an information model
First Claim
1. An apparatus for provisioning a service using a network comprising:
- an information model configured to represent at least one function of a network resource to provision said service, said information model configured further to represent a relationship between said service and said at least one function, and to represent a subset of policies to govern operations of said network for provisioning said service; and
a processor configured to use a subset of business rules to constrain the implementation of said at least one function of said network resource.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for provisioning services that includes configuring one or more different devices. According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for provisioning a service comprises an information model configured to represent a network resource of said network, to represent said service, and to represent the provisioning of said service, and a processor configured to use a subset of business rules and processes, which can be represented in the same information model, to constrain the implementation of said network resource. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, an exemplary apparatus and method governs the manner in which a configuration of a network device is to be created, verified, approved, and deployed.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus for provisioning a service using a network comprising:
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an information model configured to represent at least one function of a network resource to provision said service, said information model configured further to represent a relationship between said service and said at least one function, and to represent a subset of policies to govern operations of said network for provisioning said service; and
a processor configured to use a subset of business rules to constrain the implementation of said at least one function of said network resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method for provisioning a service using a network, the method comprising:
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receiving an input by a user to provision a service; and
selecting a subset of network resources to provide said service based on a subset of business rules and one or more network policies, wherein at least two of said subset of network resources are different functions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer-implemented method for provisioning a service using a network, the method comprising:
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modeling a number of network resources to represent knowledge information of each network resource of said number of network resources, said knowledge information including physical and logical characteristics associated with each said network resource of said number; and
organizing said physical and logical characteristics as a tuple. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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