SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOUD-NATIVE NETWORK SLICING AND TESTING-AS-A-SERVICE WITH CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY (CI/CD) CAPABILITIES

    公开(公告)号:US20230127800A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17971236

    申请日:2022-10-21

    Abstract: A topology-reprogrammable test environment is provided that can support the needs of CI/CD/CV in the field. The system disclosed provides a highly scalable network architecture to simplify the implementation of network slicing, TaaS and network CI/CD, and solves problems related to the complexity of cloud-native network (CNN) deployments. A Network Cell (NC), comprises or consists of a Containerized Network Function (CNF), a Containerized Digital Twin (CDT), and a Containerized Test Agent (CTA). The CDT has at least two personalities, e.g., an emulator of the CNF in the same NC or a nodal of the CNF. The choice of personality of the CDT is controlled by the CTA of the NC. A number of NCs use a 3D IP address to interconnect and form a new kind of CNN over the infrastructure of VRs.

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