Automation Goal Feasibility Checks for Network Slice Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
In wireless communications networks, conflicting goals set by different consumers can lead to inconsistent state of goal setting procedures due to translation and delegation across different management domains, particularly in network slicing scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for decomposing automation goals into configurable conditions and subgoals, determining their feasibility within the network, and transmitting responses based on their settable status, using network devices and consumer devices to perform feasibility checks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If goals are set in a closed loop system with translation and delegation across different management domains, then automation capability is improved, but conflicting goals lead to inconsistent state and reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs a feasibility check before actually setting the goal in the network. The network device receives a request to check feasibility, decomposes the goal into conditions and subgoals, and determines whether they can be set without conflicts. This preliminary verification ensures that only feasible goals are committed, preventing inconsistent states while maintaining automation capability.
2Reliability
If goals are decomposed into configurable conditions and subgoals for feasibility checking, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the goal into a set of configurable conditions and a set of subgoals. This decomposition allows the network device to check each condition and subgoal independently for feasibility and conflicts. By breaking down the complex goal verification into smaller manageable parts, the system achieves reliable consistency checking while the modular approach actually reduces the complexity of managing each individual component.
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for checking a feasibility of a goal for automation. One method (700) includes receiving (702), at a network device, a request from a consumer device for checking a feasibility of a goal for automation in the telecommunication network. The method (700) includes decomposing (704) the goal into a set of configurable conditions, a set of subgoals, or a combination thereof. The method (700) includes determining (706) whether the set of configurable conditions, the set of subgoals, or the combination thereof are able to be set in the telecommunication network. The method (700) includes transmitting (708) a response to the consumer device based on whether the set of configurable conditions, the set of subgoals, or the combination thereof are able to be set in the telecommunication network.