Network Deployment Templates with Naming Policies

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Solution Overview

Problem

Legacy network systems face challenges in accommodating complex deployments and modifications, especially with the transition to next-generation communications, due to their inflexible nature and inability to efficiently manage diverse network requirements.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a system that utilizes templates with associated naming policies to deploy network equipment, enabling efficient resource management and deployment through a multi-connectivity framework that supports new radio (NR) technologies, such as 5G, by automatically selecting and applying appropriate naming policies based on deployment characteristics and templates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If legacy network systems are used to manage network deployments, then existing infrastructure is maintained, but the systems cannot be easily modified to incorporate significant changes to network service requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to modify legacy systems for next-generation network requirementsVSAvoidcomplexity of modifying and integrating new network requirements into legacy systems

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments network deployment management into separate templates that can be independently created, selected, and applied. Each template represents a discrete deployment scenario with associated naming policies, allowing the system to handle complexity by breaking it down into manageable units rather than attempting to modify the entire legacy system at once.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Templates act as intermediaries between legacy network systems and next-generation network requirements. The templates encapsulate the complexity of new deployment scenarios while presenting a simplified interface to the legacy system, enabling modification of network service requirements without directly altering the core legacy infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If large inventories of network equipment are deployed manually, then deployment flexibility is maintained, but deployment time and resource allocation efficiency decrease

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment speed and resource allocation efficiencyVSAvoidtime required for manual deployment and configuration

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Deployment templates are created in advance with pre-defined configurations, naming policies, and resource allocation rules. This preliminary preparation allows for rapid deployment of network equipment by simply selecting and applying the appropriate template, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual configuration during actual deployment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables parameterization of deployment templates, allowing dynamic adjustment of deployment parameters such as equipment specifications, locations, and configurations. This allows standardized templates to be efficiently adapted to different deployment scenarios without requiring manual reconfiguration, thereby improving productivity while reducing deployment time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If complex network deployments are handled by isolated legacy systems, then system stability is maintained, but the systems become difficult to modify and manage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of managing and modifying network deployment processesVSAvoidcomplexity of deployment management processes

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The template-based system provides universal functionality that can handle multiple deployment scenarios, equipment types, and configuration requirements through a single unified approach. The same template mechanism can be applied across different network deployments, making the system easier to manage and modify while reducing the complexity that arises from having separate isolated systems for different deployment tasks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11729055B1Utilizing templates with associated naming policies to deploy network equipment

Publication Date: 2023.08.15 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P

AI summary

The technologies described herein are generally directed to utilizing templates with associated naming policies to deploy network equipment in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, based on a similarity criterion, evaluating a request to deploy network equipment at a deployment location, resulting in a deployment template. The method can further include, based on the deployment template, identifying a naming policy of the group of naming policies to apply to deployment of the network equipment, resulting in an identified naming policy. Further, the method can include, based on the identified naming policy and the deployment template, facilitating deploying the network equipment.