Capability Registry APIs for Real-Time Network Element Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack efficient methods for coordinating and managing the exchange of critical information between complex network elements, especially in environments with diverse technologies and transient workloads, leading to challenges in end-to-end service delivery and network management.
Innovation Solution
A capability registration server that functions as a centralized repository, allowing systems to register and query system-level characteristics via APIs, providing real-time information and enabling dynamic management of network elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If systems deploy as independent elements with best effort coordination, then system independence and deployment flexibility are improved, but information exchange coordination and network management efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a capability registration server as an intermediary component that mediates between independently deployed network elements. This server maintains a centralized registry of system capabilities, interfaces, and characteristics, allowing systems to register and query information without direct peer-to-peer coordination. The intermediary resolves the contradiction by preserving system independence while providing automated coordination through the registry mechanism.
2Device complexity
If centralized capability registry is implemented, then information exchange coordination is improved, but system complexity and deployment overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The capability registration server implements self-service mechanisms where network elements automatically register their capabilities and characteristics without manual intervention. Systems publish their interfaces, capacity, and performance attributes to the registry autonomously, and other systems can query this information on-demand. This automation reduces deployment overhead while maintaining comprehensive coordination capabilities.
3Speed
If real-time capability querying is enabled, then service establishment speed is improved, but information management overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by requiring network elements to register their capabilities, interfaces, and characteristics in advance with the capability registration server. This pre-publication of information allows querying systems to obtain all necessary capability data before service establishment begins, enabling fast service deployment without real-time information exchange overhead during critical service setup operations.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via an API and from a first element, information relating to the first element, storing the information in a registration database, resulting in stored information, after the storing, receiving, via the API and from a second element, a query requesting information regarding the first element, wherein the first element and the second element comprise functions that are communicatively coupled to one another over a network, retrieving the stored information responsive to the query, resulting in retrieved information, and providing, via the API, the retrieved information to the second element, thereby facilitating interactions between the second element and the first element. Other embodiments are disclosed.