Service Orchestration Integrating Cloud SDN NFV
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies such as cloud computing, software-defined networking (SDN), and network functions virtualization (NFV) operate independently, lacking a detailed method to achieve synergy between them, which hinders the provision of integrated cloud-based networking services and the conversion of communication network infrastructure to a cloud-based model.
Innovation Solution
A service orchestration system and method that integrates cloud computing, SDN, and NFV technologies to configure and manage virtual networks, allowing for programmable and flexible service provisioning by interworking with virtualization and abstraction technologies, enabling a service flow management across distributed cloud environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud computing, SDN, and NFV technologies operate independently, then each technology can be implemented and managed separately, but they cannot achieve synergy effects and integrated service provisioning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines cloud computing, SDN, and NFV technologies into a unified service orchestration system. The service orchestration apparatus integrates resource management from cloud computing, network control from SDN, and network function virtualization from NFV, enabling synergistic operation and integrated service provisioning while managing the complexity through a coordinated architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The service orchestration apparatus is designed as a universal platform that performs multiple functions: it manages cloud computing resources, controls SDN network flows, and orchestrates NFV network functions. This multi-functional approach enables the system to handle diverse service requirements through a single integrated interface, achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Productivity
If a service orchestration system integrates multiple distributed technologies, then synergy effects and flexible service provisioning are achieved, but system complexity and coordination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The service orchestration system is segmented into distinct functional modules: a service profile analysis unit, a service specification generation unit, and a service flow management unit. Each module handles specific tasks independently, reducing the complexity of coordinating the entire system while maintaining high service provisioning efficiency through specialized processing in each segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The service orchestration apparatus acts as an intermediary between the infrastructure layer (cloud resources, SDN controllers, NFV managers) and the service layer (service providers, users). It translates service requirements into coordinated actions across multiple technologies, simplifying the complexity of direct coordination between distributed components while improving provisioning efficiency through centralized mediation.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a system and a method for service orchestration capable of integrating network resources distributed in a cloud network to provide a service required by a service provider. The method includes: receiving a service profile from a service provider; analyzing the received service profile, and generating information on a virtual function and an application server used to provide a service as a service specification; setting a service flow to provide the service to a user based on the service specification; and transmitting a service execution control command according to the service flow to at least one micro data center.