Interactive Service Design Tool for 5G Network Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems lack an efficient and interactive framework for service design, particularly in 5G networks, where service providers and network providers must agree on service characteristics and resource allocation, with existing methods being offline and non-interactive, limiting flexibility and interoperability.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that enables an interactive service design process between service providers and network providers using a service design tool, which transmits and updates service attributes and values, and receives response information to validate and modify service offer descriptors, allowing for real-time validation and revision of service requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If offline and non-interactive service design methods are used, then service providers and network providers can agree on service characteristics, but the process lacks flexibility and interoperability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic, interactive service design process that allows real-time modification and validation of service offer descriptors. The system enables continuous iteration between service providers and network providers through automated validation against network capabilities, replacing static offline methods with a flexible interactive framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates automated feedback loops where the network entity validates service offer descriptors against actual network capabilities and provides response information. This feedback mechanism allows service providers to adjust their service designs based on real network constraints, improving both flexibility and interoperability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If interactive service design with real-time validation is implemented, then flexibility and interoperability improve, but the process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal service design framework that can handle multiple service types and network configurations through standardized service offer descriptors. The validation mechanism works across different network entities and service providers, providing interoperability without requiring complex custom integrations for each scenario.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary validation layer that automatically checks service offer descriptors against network capabilities. This mediator handles the complexity of capability matching and validation, shielding service providers from direct complexity while ensuring interoperability through standardized validation rules.
3Reliability
If service offer descriptors are repeatedly validated and modified, then service requirements compliance improves, but the time required for service design increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation of service offer descriptors against network capabilities before final service deployment. By checking compatibility early in the design process and providing immediate feedback, the system prevents later rework and ensures compliance without significantly extending the overall design timeline.
Solution Approach 2:
The validation process operates continuously throughout the service design iterations rather than as discrete checkpoints. The system maintains constant validation readiness, allowing service providers to modify descriptors and receive immediate feedback, keeping the design process flowing efficiently while ensuring ongoing compliance.
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AI summary
An apparatus comprises means configured to: cause information about a set for at least one service to be transmitted from a service design tool to a network entity, the set comprising attributes and one or more values associated with the attributes for the at least one service; receive response information from an entity; modify the set for the at least one service in response to the information received from the entity to provide an updated set of attributes and one or more values associated with the attributes; and cause information about the updated set for the at least one service to be transmitted from the service design tool to the entity.