ICT Resource Management Device for Cloud Infrastructure Orchestration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current ICT resource management systems face challenges in efficiently managing physical and virtual nodes, particularly in selecting optimal service infrastructures and performing orchestration for configuration changes, which can lead to increased operational costs and inefficiencies in service provisioning.

Innovation Solution

An ICT resource management device that includes a configuration information management part, cloud infrastructure selection part, layer mapping part, and orchestrator part, which collects and manages configuration information, selects suitable service infrastructures, performs layer mapping, and executes orchestration based on a blueprint created from this information, automating the process to optimize resource allocation and service provisioning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual service infrastructure selection and orchestration processes are used, then flexibility and control are maintained, but operational efficiency decreases and costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service through automated infrastructure selection and orchestration. The service infrastructure selection component automatically selects appropriate infrastructures based on service requirements, and the orchestrator automatically performs orchestration tasks without manual intervention, allowing the system to serve itself and improve operational efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Manual mechanical processes are replaced with automated computational systems. The patent substitutes manual selection and orchestration processes with automated components that use algorithms and software to perform infrastructure selection and orchestration, replacing human-operated mechanical systems with automated electronic systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Speed

If automated orchestration is implemented, then service provisioning speed increases, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveservice provisioning speedVSAvoidorchestration system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The orchestration system is segmented into distinct functional components including the service infrastructure selection component, the orchestrator, and the blueprint creation component. This segmentation allows each component to perform specific tasks independently, improving service provisioning speed while managing overall system complexity through modular design

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediary components such as the blueprint creation component that acts as a mediator between service requirements and infrastructure deployment. This intermediary automates the translation of service requirements into deployment configurations, increasing provisioning speed while encapsulating complexity within the intermediary layer

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If multiple service infrastructures are managed, then service availability and reliability improve, but selection and management difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveservice availabilityVSAvoidinfrastructure selection ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The service infrastructure selection component implements feedback mechanisms that evaluate multiple service infrastructures based on predefined criteria and service requirements. The system receives feedback about infrastructure performance and availability, automatically selects the most appropriate infrastructure, and adjusts selections based on ongoing performance feedback, improving reliability while simplifying management

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies parameter changes by evaluating multiple service infrastructures based on varying parameters such as availability, performance, and cost. The selection component dynamically adjusts infrastructure selection based on changing parameters and service requirements, enabling effective management of multiple infrastructures while maintaining high service availability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11886927B2ICT resource management device, ICT resource management method and ICT resource management program

Publication Date: 2024.01.30 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP

AI summary

An ICT resource management device that manages a physical node and a virtual node as ICT resources includes: a configuration information management part configured to manage configuration information; a cloud infrastructure selection part configured to select a cloud infrastructure in response to a request for a configuration change concerning a connection of a device that uses a cloud service to a physical node; a layer mapping part configured to perform a mapping between the physical layer and the virtual layer; a blueprint creation part configured to create, in response to the request for a configuration change, a blueprint based on the configuration information, the selected cloud infrastructure, and mapping information, wherein the blueprint is design information of an infrastructure that is required for the configuration change; and an orchestrator part configured to perform orchestration based on the blueprint.