SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF ORCHESTRATING RESOURCES AND SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE HETEROGENEOUS DOMAINS

• US 20120278430A1
• Filed: 04/20/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Openet Telecom Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Openet Telecom Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Inventors: LEHANE, Bart, MCNAMEE, Alan, DUNNE, Cameron Ross, HOGAN, Joe
• Granted Patent: US 9,565,074 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components

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.

Claims

1. A method of controlling services across multiple heterogeneous networks, comprising:

receiving a service request in a server processor;

identifying a plurality of telecommunications domains required to fulfill the received service request, each identified telecommunications domain exposing a public interface for communicating with the telecommunications domain;

generating a plurality of 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 the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

generating a plurality of domain specific service requests based on the received service request and associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with a telecommunications domain comprises generating a plurality of domain-specific service requests by associating each request in the plurality of domain specific service requests to one of a plurality of telecommunications domains; and

sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the plurality of domain-specific service requests to their associated telecommunications domains.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one domain specific service request in the exposed public interface of the associated telecommunications domain; and

performing a domain operation in response to receiving the at least one domain specific service request in the exposed public interface of the associated telecommunications domain.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

decomposing the received domain specific service request into at least one resource rule; and

sending the at least one resource rule to a relevant component within the associated telecommunications domain, wherein performing a domain operation in response to receiving the at least one domain specific service request comprises enforcing the at least one resource rule in the relevant component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a plurality of domain specific service requests based on the received service request comprises generating at least one of:

an event-based service request;

a session based service creation request;

a session based service modification request;

a session based service termination request; and

a service request containing a policy.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains comprises associating at least one domain specific service request with a telecommunications domain having a hierarchical structure and at least one a sub-domain.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains comprises associating at least one domain specific service request with a user equipment domain.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending at least one domain specific service request to a server in a policy and charging control network.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a service request in a server processor comprises receiving a service request from a component in one of the plurality of telecommunications domains.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving a service request in a server processor comprises receiving a service request in a continuum orchestrator;

identifying a plurality of telecommunications domains required to fulfill the received service request is accomplished by the continuum orchestrator;

generating a plurality of domain specific service requests based on the received service request is accomplished by the continuum orchestrator;

associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains is accomplished by the continuum orchestrator; and

sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains is accomplished by the continuum orchestrator.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the associated domain specific service requests to a domain orchestrator server in the associated telecommunications domain.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the associated domain specific service requests to a domain orchestrator embedded in a component in the associated telecommunications domain.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a service request in a server processor comprises receiving a service request in response to changing circumstances in at least one of the plurality of telecommunications domains.

14. A computing device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving a service request;

identifying a plurality of telecommunications domains required to fulfill the received service request, each identified telecommunications domain exposing a public interface for communicating with the telecommunications domain;

generating a plurality of 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 the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains.

15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that:

generating a plurality of domain specific service requests based on the received service request and associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with a telecommunications domain comprises generating a plurality of domain-specific service requests by associating each request in the plurality of domain specific service requests to one of a plurality of telecommunications domains; and

sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the plurality of domain-specific service requests to their associated telecommunications domains.

16. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that generating a plurality of domain specific service requests based on the received service request comprises generating at least one of:

an event-based service request;

a session based service creation request;

a session based service modification request;

a session based service termination request; and

a service request containing a policy.

17. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains comprises associating at least one domain specific service request with a telecommunications domain having a hierarchical structure and at least one a sub-domain.

18. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains comprises associating at least one domain specific service request with a user equipment domain.

19. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending at least one domain specific service request to a server in a policy and charging control network.

20. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that receiving a service request comprises receiving a service request from a component in one of the plurality of telecommunications domains.

21. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that receiving a service request comprises receiving a service request in response to changing circumstances in at least one of the plurality of telecommunications domains.

22. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the associated domain specific service requests to a domain orchestrator server in the associated telecommunications domain.

23. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the associated domain specific service requests to a domain orchestrator embedded in a component in the associated telecommunications domain.

24. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations for controlling services across multiple heterogeneous networks, the operations comprising:

receiving a service request;

identifying a plurality of telecommunications domains required to fulfill the received service request, each identified telecommunications domain exposing a public interface for communicating with the telecommunications domain;

generating a plurality of 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 the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that:

generating a plurality of domain specific service requests based on the received service request and associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with a telecommunications domain comprises generating a plurality of domain-specific service requests by associating each request in the plurality of domain specific service requests to one of a plurality of telecommunications domains; and

sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the plurality of domain-specific service requests to their associated telecommunications domains.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that generating a plurality of domain specific service requests based on the received service request comprises generating at least one of:

an event-based service request;

a session based service creation request;

a session based service modification request;

a session based service termination request; and

a service request containing a policy.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains comprises associating at least one domain specific service request with a telecommunications domain having a hierarchical structure and at least one a sub-domain.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that associating at least one of the generated plurality of domain specific service requests with one of the identified telecommunications domains comprises associating at least one domain specific service request with a user equipment domain.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending at least one domain specific service request to a server in a policy and charging control network.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that receiving a service request comprises receiving a service request from a component in one of the plurality of telecommunications domains.

31. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that receiving a service request comprises receiving a service request in response to changing circumstances in at least one of the plurality of telecommunications domains.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the associated domain specific service requests to a domain orchestrator server in the associated telecommunications domain.

33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a processor to perform operations such that sending the associated domain specific service requests to the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains comprises sending the associated domain specific service requests to a domain orchestrator embedded in a component in the associated telecommunications domain.

34. A communication system, comprising:

a computing device comprising a memory, and a device processor coupled to the memory; and

a communications server comprising a server memory, and a server processor coupled to the server memory,

wherein the server processor is configured with server-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving a service request;

identifying a plurality of telecommunications domains required to fulfill the received service request, each identified telecommunications domain exposing a public interface for communicating with the telecommunications domain;

generating a plurality of 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 the exposed public interfaces of the associated telecommunications domains, and

wherein the device processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

exposing a public interface for receiving service requests;

receiving at least one domain specific service request;

decomposing the received domain specific service request into at least one resource rule;

sending the at least one resource rule to a relevant component within the associated telecommunications domain.

35. The communication system of claim 34, further comprising a second computing device comprising a second transceiver;

a second memory; and

a second device processor coupled to the second memory and second transceiver, wherein the second device processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving at least one resource rule from the first computing device; and

enforcing the at least one resource rule.