ALTO Network Service Interface for Faster Operator-Service Rollout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network service interfaces between operators and service providers are not unified, leading to increased difficulty and reduced timeliness in network service rollout.
Innovation Solution
An ALTO protocol-based communication method is introduced, enabling an ALTO server to send information about available network services to an ALTO client, which is used by associated devices to obtain these services, thereby providing a unified network service allocation interface that improves system interconnection and reduces rollout difficulties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If separate interfaces are developed by operator and service provider for network service transmission and configuration, then network service functionality can be achieved, but network service rollout difficulty increases and timeliness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by establishing a unified network service interface based on ALTO protocol that can be used by both operators and service providers. This single interface handles multiple functions including network service discovery, selection, and configuration, eliminating the need for separate interfaces and reducing rollout complexity while improving timeliness
Solution Approach 2:
The ALTO protocol serves as an intermediary layer between operators and service providers. It mediates the communication and coordination between different entities, providing a standardized way to exchange network service information and reducing the complexity of direct point-to-point interfaces
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application disclose an application layer traffic optimization ALTO protocol-based communication method and a related apparatus. The method includes: An ALTO server sends first information to an ALTO client according to an ALTO protocol, where the first information indicates one or more network services available in a first network, and the first information is used by a first device associated with the ALTO client to obtain the one or more network services. In embodiments of this application, a network service allocation (or network service exposure) interface is provided according to the ALTO protocol. This improves efficiency of system interconnection between an operator and a service provider, reduces difficulty in exposing a network service by the operator, reduces difficulty of network service rollout, and improves timeliness of network service rollout.