Continuum Orchestrator for Heterogeneous Network Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telecommunications networks face challenges in efficiently and reliably delivering services across multiple heterogeneous networks due to a lack of complete coordination and communication between participating networks, leading to inefficiencies and unreliability in service delivery.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a method and system for orchestrating services across multiple heterogeneous telecommunications domains, which involves coordinating resources and services, decomposing service requests into domain-specific requests, measuring and adjusting quality of service, and synchronizing information and communications between networks, using a continuum orchestrator to manage and control service delivery across multiple autonomous domains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If services are delivered across multiple heterogeneous networks without centralized coordination, then network autonomy and flexibility are maintained, but service delivery reliability and efficiency deteriorate due to lack of complete coordination and communication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized service orchestration system that acts as an intermediary between multiple heterogeneous networks. This orchestrator coordinates service delivery across domains, ensuring reliable end-to-end service while managing the complexity of inter-network communication and resource allocation centrally rather than requiring complex peer-to-peer coordination between all networks
2Productivity
If centralized coordination is implemented across multiple networks, then service delivery reliability improves, but system complexity and operational difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the coordination function into a dedicated service orchestration layer that operates independently from individual network operations. This allows centralized coordination for service delivery while maintaining operational simplicity at the network level, as networks only need to interact with the orchestrator through standardized interfaces rather than managing complex inter-network operations themselves
3Adaptability or versatility
If service requests are processed without decomposition into domain-specific requests, then processing speed is maintained, but service quality and adaptability to heterogeneous networks deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent decomposes service requests into domain-specific sub-requests that are tailored to each heterogeneous network's capabilities and requirements. The orchestration system breaks down high-level service requests into network-specific configurations and parameters, enabling each network to process requests in its optimal manner while maintaining overall service coherence and quality
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AI summary
The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems for establishing a closed feedback loop across multiple heterogeneous networks within a telecommunications system, which may include measuring a first attribute of a communication in a first telecommunications domain and sending a first request message including information relating to the measured first attribute to a server. The server may receive the first request message, identify a second telecommunications domain involved in the communication based on information in the first request message, generate a second request message that includes information for adjusting a second attribute of the communication, and send the second request message to the second telecommunications domain. A computing device in the second telecommunications domain may receive the second request message and adjust the second attribute of the communication to alter the first attribute of the communication in the first telecommunications domain.