Telecommunications Network Entity Identifier Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional telecommunications networks lack the ability to interconnect digital twins or virtualized copies of network components, preventing message exchange and routing between them, which is necessary for various applications such as emergency services, legal interception, and virtual reality environments.
Innovation Solution
The method involves using entity identifier information common to both instances of a network or component, supplemented by instance-specific identifiers to differentiate and selectively address each instance, allowing for interconnection and message routing between digital twins or virtualized network components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital twins or virtualized copies of network components are deployed, then network simulation and alternative parameter testing capabilities are improved, but the ability to interconnect and exchange messages between different instances is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (the network entity with multiple instances) that enables communication between digital twins. The intermediary allows message exchange between different instances (e.g., AMF1 in first network and AMF1 in second network) without requiring direct connection between the instances themselves, thus resolving the interconnection problem while preserving simulation capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the network entity into multiple independent instances (first instance, second instance, etc.), each capable of operating autonomously in different network copies. This segmentation allows each instance to function independently for simulation purposes while maintaining the ability to communicate through the segmented structure, enabling both versatility and interconnection.
2Ease of operation
If common entity identifier information is used for multiple instances, then identification simplicity is improved, but confusion between different instances occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds another dimension to the identifier structure by introducing instance-specific identifier information alongside the common entity identifier. This dimensional expansion allows the system to distinguish between instances (e.g., AMF1 in first network vs. AMF1 in second network) while maintaining the simplicity of the common identifier for basic identification, thus preventing confusion without sacrificing ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by making the identifier structure differentiable at the instance level. Each instance receives unique instance-specific identifier information that localizes its identity within the broader common entity identifier framework. This allows simple common identifiers to be used for general identification while instance-specific identifiers provide localized differentiation when needed, preventing confusion between instances.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for using a telecommunications network, wherein the telecommunications network has or uses a network identifier information, the network identifier information being assigned or associated statically to the telecommunications network, wherein either the telecommunications network as a whole, or at least a specified part of the telecommunications network is or corresponds to an entity that is realized or implemented according to both a first instance of that entity and at least according to a second instance of that entity, wherein the first instance and the at least second instance of the entity is related to, or uses, the same network identifier information of the telecommunications network, wherein a first network instance identifier information is assigned or associated to the first instance of the entity, and wherein a second network instance identifier information is assigned or associated to the second instance of the entity, wherein either the telecommunications network or a further telecommunications network comprises at least one further entity accessing one specific instance of the plurality of the first and the at least second instances of the entity, the one specific instance having a specific network instance identifier information out of the plurality of the first and the at least second network instance identifier information, wherein, in order for the further entity accessing or addressing the one specific instance of the entity, the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the further entity transmits or directs a first message to an intermediate network node of either the telecommunications network or of the further telecommunications network, using at least the network identifier information to access or to address the specific instance of the entity, wherein the specific network instance identifier information of the specific instance is determined, -- in a second step, by means of a second message, and using the specific instance identifier information, the specific instance of the entity is accessed or addressed.