Network Control Entity Encoding Format Bootstrapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current 5G networks face challenges in optimizing HTTP traffic between network functions, leading to bandwidth and latency issues due to the lack of encoding negotiation across all API interfaces, which complicates the management and discovery of services offered by network functions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where a network control entity manages application entities by providing encoding formats supported by these entities during the bootstrapping process, allowing 'consumer' entities to use these formats for optimized communication, thereby reducing bandwidth and latency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If encoding formats are provided during bootstrapping, then bandwidth and latency are reduced, but the complexity of managing and discovering services increases
Solution Approach 1:
The encoding formats are provided during the bootstrapping phase, which is a preliminary action that occurs before actual service consumption. This allows the consumer entity to have encoding information available in advance, eliminating the need for additional negotiation during service usage and reducing bandwidth consumption without adding complexity to the service management process.
2Loss of time
If encoding formats are provided during bootstrapping, then latency is reduced, but the complexity of managing and discovering services increases
Solution Approach 1:
Encoding formats are exchanged during bootstrapping, a preliminary phase before service consumption begins. This preliminary exchange of encoding information eliminates the need for additional negotiation rounds during actual service usage, thereby reducing latency without adding complexity to the service management architecture.
3Loss of substance
If encoding formats are provided during bootstrapping, then data volume transmitted is reduced, but the complexity of implementing and maintaining specifications increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bootstrapping mechanism serves multiple functions: it provides service discovery information, establishes encoding formats, and enables optimized communication. By making the bootstrapping process universal and multi-functional, the patent reduces data volume through encoding without requiring separate mechanisms for each function, thereby maintaining implementation ease.
4Productivity
If encoding negotiation is implemented across all API interfaces, then network performance is optimized, but the complexity of managing services increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of implementing encoding negotiation at service consumption time, the patent performs this action during bootstrapping as a preliminary step. This shifts the complexity from the service management phase to the initial connection establishment phase, where it can be handled more efficiently, thereby optimizing network performance without proportionally increasing management complexity.
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AI summary
A method for the management, by a network control entity, of a plurality of application entities offering services in the network. The management method includes: receiving, from a first entity, a bootstrapping request aimed at discovering services offered by the control entity and/or resources managed thereby; and sending a response to the bootstrapping request from the first entity, the response furthermore including at least one encoding format supported by the control entity.