TRANSACTION INTEGRITY FOR NETWORK SERVICES CONFIGURATION
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller that provisions services for transporting packet flows within a network, a service request that comprises a definition for a service to be provided by the network for a subscriber or a customer of the network;
determining, by the controller, a plurality of network resources of at least one network device to be configured to implement the service in the network and apply the service to the packet-based network traffic of the subscriber; and
only upon acquiring a lock for the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device and by the controller, configuring the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device to provision the service, wherein the lock is acquired from a network-wide coordination repository that stores a software representation for each of the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device, and wherein the lock provides exclusive configuration access to the controller for the plurality of network resources.
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Abstract
In some examples, a controller provisions services for transporting packet flows within a network. A controller service provisioning module receives a service request that comprises a definition for a service to be provided by the network for a subscriber or a customer of the network. The service provisioning module determines a plurality of network resources of at least one network device to be configured to implement the service in the network and apply the service to the packet-based network traffic of the subscriber. A locking unit of the service provisioning module acquires a lock from a network-wide coordination repository that stores a software representation for each of the network resources, the lock providing exclusive configuration access to the service provisioning module for the network resources. The service provisioning module, only upon the locking unit acquiring the lock for the network resources, configures the network resources to provision the service.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a controller that provisions services for transporting packet flows within a network, a service request that comprises a definition for a service to be provided by the network for a subscriber or a customer of the network; determining, by the controller, a plurality of network resources of at least one network device to be configured to implement the service in the network and apply the service to the packet-based network traffic of the subscriber; and only upon acquiring a lock for the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device and by the controller, configuring the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device to provision the service, wherein the lock is acquired from a network-wide coordination repository that stores a software representation for each of the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device, and wherein the lock provides exclusive configuration access to the controller for the plurality of network resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A controller that provisions services for transporting packet flows within a network, the controller comprising:
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one or more processors coupled to a memory; a service provisioning module executed by the one or more processors to; receive a service request that comprises a definition for a service to be provided by the network for a subscriber or a customer of the network; determine a plurality of network resources of at least one network device to be configured to implement the service in the network and apply the service to the packet-based network traffic of the subscriber; and a locking unit executed by the one or more processors to acquire a lock from a network-wide coordination repository that stores a software representation for each of the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device, the lock providing exclusive configuration access to the service provisioning module for the plurality of network resources, wherein the service provisioning module, only upon the locking unit acquiring the lock for the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device, is executed by the one or more processors to configure the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device to provision the service. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing one or more programmable processors to:
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receive, by a controller that provisions services for transporting packet flows within a network, a service request that comprises a definition for a service to be provided by the network for a subscriber or a customer of the network; determine, by the controller, a plurality of network resources of at least one network device to be configured to implement the service in the network and apply the service to the packet-based network traffic of the subscriber; and only upon acquiring a lock for the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device and by the controller, configure the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device to provision the service, wherein the lock is acquired from a network-wide coordination repository that stores a software representation for each of the plurality of network resources of the at least one network device, and wherein the lock provides exclusive configuration access to the controller for the plurality of network resources.
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