Consolidated network repository (CNR) for storing data associated with different communication network platforms

• US 9,635,120 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2015
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dowlatkhah, Sangar
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Viet
• Application Number:
  US14/709,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271283A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 709213, 709219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/213 with details for schema evolution support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24522 Translation of natural language queries to structured queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/256 in federated or virtual databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

An architecture that can facilitate support for or integration of disparate communications networks. The architecture can embody a consolidated network repository (CNR) that can be configured as a single logical repository that can potentially be configured according to a common schema regardless of the type or number of schema employed by the disparate communications networks.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving, from a device of devices of a group of communication network platforms, request data indicative of a request for first data of data stored within data stores that are coupled via network devices of a wide area network, wherein the request data is formatted according to a native protocol associated with a communication network platform of the group of communication network platforms and specifies access to the first data according to a platform-specific schema associated with the communication network platform, and wherein the first data is stored in a first data store of the data stores according to a common schema;

translating the request data according to a common protocol that specifies access to the first data according to the common schema to generate modified request data that is employable to access the first data; and

in response to determining a change in residence data linked to a subscriber identity associated with the first data, facilitating a transfer of the first data from the first data store of the data stores to a second data store of the data stores, wherein the residence data is indicative of a geographical address associated with the subscriber identity, and wherein the second data store is determined to be located closer to the geographical address than the first data store.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the transfer comprises facilitating the transfer in response to determining that the change in the residence data satisfies a defined timing criterion.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing the modified request data to the second data store;

receiving response data indicative of a response to the modified request data in accordance with the common schema;

translating the response data to generate modified response data in accordance with the native protocol; and

facilitating a transmission of the modified response data to the device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the devices of the group of communication network platforms comprise at least two devices of:

a wireless network platform, a wireline network platform, an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem network platform, a broadband network platform, or an emergency network platform.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the request data via an interface device that comprises respective interfaces that facilitate communication support for the group of communication network platforms.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the interfaces are data-less and support protocols comprising at least one of a lightweight data access protocol, a simple object access protocol, an extensible markup language, a hypertext transfer protocol, or a simple network management protocol.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

maintaining index data indicative of respective storage locations of defined portions of the data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data stores comprise data repositories that redundantly store the data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the data stores further comprise layer data that comprises:

backend layer data describing backend stores for a first logical wide area network;

interface layer data describing interface devices of a second logical wide area network; and

data management layer data describing data management devices of a third logical wide area network.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the backend stores are physically distributed among geographic locations, and a first portion of the layer data is stored at a first geographic location of the geographic locations and a second portion of the layer data is stored at a second geographic location of the geographic locations.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein a layer described by the layer data is independently updateable and an update to the layer does not require an associated update to other layers of the layer data.

12. A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

facilitating communication with data stores that maintain data associated with the devices of different communication network platforms, wherein the data is integrated in the data stores according to a first schema, and wherein the data stores are coupled via wide area network devices;

in response to determining a change in residence data linked to a subscriber identity associated with first data of the data that is stored in a first data store of the data stores, facilitating a transfer of the first data from the first data store to a second data store of the data stores, wherein the residence data is indicative of a geographical address, and wherein a first distance between the geographical address and the second data store is determined to be less than a second distance between the geographical address and the first data store;

receiving, from a device of the devices of the different communication network platforms, request data indicative of a request for the first data, wherein the request specifies access to the first data according to a second schema that is platform-specific for a communication network platform of the different communication network platforms and differs from the first schema; and

transforming the request data according to a common protocol that specifies access to the first data according to the first schema, wherein the transforming results in modified request data that is to be transmitted to second data store.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining location data indicative of a location of the first data within the data stores, and wherein the location data is employable to access the first data.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the location data is determined based on second data of the data that is determined to be related to the first data.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the location data is determined based on information associated with a service related to the request data.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the location data is determined based on information associated with an application that generates the request data.

17. A method, comprising:

facilitating, by a system comprising a processor, communication between communication network platforms and data stores that maintain data associated with the communication network platforms and store the data according to a unified schema;

in response to determining a change in residence data linked to a subscriber identity associated with a portion of the data that has been stored in a first data store of the data stores, moving, by the system, the portion of the data from the first data store to a second data store of the data stores, wherein the residence data is indicative of a geographical location associated with the subscriber identity, and wherein the second data store is determined to be located closer to the geographical location than the first data store;

receiving, by the system and from a device of a communication network platform of the communication network platforms, query data representing a query for the portion of the data, wherein the query data is formatted according to a platform-specific protocol associated with the communication network platform and specifies access to the portion of the data according to a platform-specific schema that is platform-specific for the communication network platform; and

translating, by the system, the query data according to a unified protocol that specifies access to the portion of the data according to the unified schema, wherein the translating results in modified query data that is directed to the second data store.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

directing, by the system, the modified query data to the second data store;

receiving, by the system, response data representing a response to the modified query data in accordance with the unified schema;

translating, by the system, the response data to modified response data in accordance with the platform-specific protocol; and

providing, by the system, the modified response data to the device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the moving comprises moving the portion of the data in response to determining that the change in the residence data satisfies a defined timing criterion.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

managing, by the system, layer data comprising managing backend layer data associated with the data stores.