Network Provisioning Abstraction Layer for Telecommunications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunications network provisioning systems often require additional devices and processes due to the lack of a suitable interface for provisioning resources, leading to inefficiencies and potential service outages when handling requests from IT applications.
Innovation Solution
A network provisioning abstraction layer that receives requests from applications, generates provisioning instructions, prioritizes them using a queuing system, and communicates these instructions to network resources, ensuring efficient resource allocation and minimizing service disruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a generalized IT application is used to initiate service requests, then the application can access network services, but additional devices and processes are required to provision resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service gateway as an intermediary component that sits between the IT application and the telecommunication network resources. The service gateway receives service requests from generalized IT applications, translates them into appropriate network provisioning commands, and manages the interaction with network elements. This mediator eliminates the need for additional complex provisioning devices by providing a standardized interface that handles resource provisioning transparently.
2Productivity
If multiple devices and processes are added to provision resources, then resource provisioning capability is enhanced, but service outages may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of multiple provisioning devices and processes into a single integrated service gateway. By consolidating resource provisioning capabilities, translation functions, and network management tasks into one unified component, the system reduces the number of moving parts that could fail. This integration maintains enhanced provisioning capability while improving service continuity by eliminating failure points associated with multiple separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The service gateway implements feedback mechanisms to monitor the status of network resources and provisioning operations. When service outages or anomalies are detected, the gateway can adjust provisioning actions, retry failed operations, or coordinate with network elements to restore service. This feedback-driven approach ensures that resource provisioning capability is maintained while minimizing service disruptions through real-time monitoring and adaptive response.
3Productivity
If additional provisioning devices are introduced, then resource allocation capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The service gateway is designed as a universal, multi-functional component that can handle various types of network resource provisioning requests through a single standardized interface. It provides service request translation, resource allocation, and network element management capabilities within one device, eliminating the need for multiple specialized provisioning devices. This multi-functionality improves resource allocation capability while maintaining simple system architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
Implementations described and claimed herein provided for a system for provisioning network resources. The system includes a network provisioning abstraction layer having an application interface for receiving network provisioning requests from applications and determine provisioning instructions for fulfilling the requests. Each of the received provisioning instructions is queued in a priority queuing system according to a request priority. The provisioning instructions for the highest priority requests are removed from the front of the queue and sent to a resource interface that relays the requests to the appropriate network resources.