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公开(公告)号：US20210168643A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-03
申请号：US17267089
申请日：2019-08-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: A network management system can monitor and process raw measurements of network functions (NFs). The NFs are coupled to one another via service based interfaces in a 5G network core (5GC) of a 5G network system (5GS). A server producer generates performance measurements corresponding to the one or more NFs based on the raw measurements. The performance measurements are used to evaluate and optimize the performance related to network services enablement, mobility tracking and reachability with a user equipment (UE) or the gNB according to an Access Mobility Function (AMF) component, a Session Management Function (SMF) component, a Policy Control Function (PCF) component, a Network Exposure Function (NEF) component, or a Network Function Repository Function (NRF) component, as well as associated performance parameters or measurements disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US10951480B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-16
申请号：US15510998
申请日：2015-06-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Joey Chou , Muthaiah Venkatachalam , Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde
Abstract: Technology for a virtualized network function manager (VNFM) in a mixed wireless network operable to facilitate instantiation of a virtualized network function (VNF) instance is disclosed. The VNFM can receive a request to instantiate a new VNF instance from a network manager (NM) via a network function virtualization (NFV) orchestrator (NFVO), the request including VNF instantiation information. The VNFM can send a request to a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) for allocating virtual resources for the new VNF instance based on the VNF instantiation information. The VNFM can receive an acknowledgement from the VIM after successful allocation of the virtualized resources for the new VNF instance. The VNFM can instantiate the new VNF instance and send an acknowledgement of the new VNF instance to the NFVO, wherein the new VNF instance is operable to ease congestion at an overloaded non-virtualized network element in the mixed wireless network.
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13.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10924943B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-16
申请号：US16475621
申请日：2017-12-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: A network management function (NMF) is configured to instantiate a network service (NS), update a NS, and/or establish a relation between a virtualized network function (VNF) instance and a physical network function (PNF) instance. The NMF may instantiate, for example, a NS including a new VNF that is part of a base station or a g Node B (gNB), a NS including a PNF that is part of the gNB, or a NS that includes a PNF and a new VNF that form a gNB. The NMF may also, for example, update a NS to add a VNF instance to a NS that already includes a PNF instance to form a gNB, or update a NS to add a PNF instance to a NS that already includes a VNF instance to form a gNB.
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公开(公告)号：US20200322781A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-08
申请号：US16820053
申请日：2020-03-16
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Joey Chou
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for instantiating and terminating a MME VNF. The MME VNF is instantiated and/or terminated using an EM, a NM, a VNFM, a VIM, a NFVO and/or a catalog. Instantiating an MME VNF includes on-boarding the VNF package, creating a managed element, executing the enabled VNF package, instantiating the MME VNF instance, creating the MME function and modifying the MME pool to add the MME VNF instance. Terminating the MME VNF includes decommissioning the MME VNF services, modifying the MME pool to remove the MME VNF from the MME pool, and terminating the MME VNF instance.
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公开(公告)号：US12192052B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-07
申请号：US17441515
申请日：2020-06-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Joey Chou , Niall Power , Jianli Sun
IPC: H04L41/082 , H04W24/02
Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for configuring a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO). In one aspect, a method can include actions of generating, by one or more computers, a message that includes data representing a request to upload a virtual network function (VNF) package, encoding, by the one or more computers, the generated message that includes the VNF package for transmission to a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), and transmitting, by the one or more computers, the encoded message to the NFVO.
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公开(公告)号：US11765608B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-19
申请号：US17257886
申请日：2019-08-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: H04W24/08 , H04L43/0852
CPC classification number: H04W24/08 , H04L43/0852
Abstract: An apparatus of a management service equipment includes processing circuitry. To configure the management service equipment for E2E performance measurements in a 5G network with a plurality of network functions (NFs), the processing circuitry is to decode RAN latency received from a RAN within the 5G network. The RAN latency is associated with transmission of an Internet protocol (IP) packet between a UE and a data network (DN) via the RAN. A user plane function (UPF) latency associated with communication of the IP packet between the RAN and a UPF within the 5G network is determined. A DN latency associated with communication of the IP packet between the UPF and the DN is determined. An E2E performance measurement calculation is performed to determine an E2E latency associated with communicating the IP packet between the UE and the DN based on the RAN latency, the UPF latency, and the DN latency.
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公开(公告)号：US11729647B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-15
申请号：US17257925
申请日：2019-08-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
CPC classification number: H04W24/08 , H04W24/04 , H04W36/0079 , H04W74/0833 , H04W76/18 , H04W84/042 , H04W88/18
Abstract: An apparatus of a management service equipment includes processing circuitry. To configure the management service equipment for measuring a plurality of key performance indicators (KPIs) in a 5G network with a plurality of network functions (NFs), the processing circuitry is to retrieve using a data analytic function of the management service equipment, a plurality of performance measurements associated with a cell of a radio access network (RAN) within the 5G network. A KPI of the plurality of KPIs associated with the cell is generated using the data analytic function of the management service equipment, based on the plurality of performance measurements. The KPI is encoded for transmission to a service application executing on a user equipment (UE) active within the cell of the RAN or executing within a cloud architecture.
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公开(公告)号：US20230188412A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-15
申请号：US18099822
申请日：2023-01-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: H04L41/0803 , G06F8/65 , H04L41/02
CPC classification number: H04L41/0803 , G06F8/65 , H04L41/02
Abstract: Systems and methods of managing creation and configuration for 5G networks, NFs and NSSIs are provided. An instantiation or configuration request received from a managed entity respectively instantiates or configures the appropriate element. For NF instantiation, when the NF has a virtualized part to be instantiated by a VNF, interaction with an NFV MANO system instantiates the VNF is followed by NF instantiation notification and MOI creation for the NF. For NF configuration, the NF is configured and notification provided thereof. For network instantiation, after reception of a network creation request, interaction with the system to instantiate a NS that realizes the network is followed by determination that a new VNF associated with the NS has been instantiated, creation of a NF (constituting the network) MOI is realized by the new VNF, and NF configuration. For NSSI creation, a NF constituting the NSSI is created and configured.
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公开(公告)号：US20220394785A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-08
申请号：US17844652
申请日：2022-06-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Systems and methods of managing PNF connectivity are provided. A NM determines to add to or remove external connectivity from a PNF and transmits a NS update request to a NFVO that contains an identifier of the NS instance to be updated, an indication of a type of update operation requested, and information of the PNF connectivity to be changed. A NS update response contains a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier identifying a NS lifecycle operation occurrence. Separate NS lifecycle change notification from the NFVO indicate that a NS update to change the connectivity of the PNF has started and a result of the change. The notifications include the lifecycle operation occurrence identifier.
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公开(公告)号：US20220330035A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-13
申请号：US17845002
申请日：2022-06-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: H04W16/18 , H04L41/0806 , H04L41/0816 , H04L41/5003 , H04L41/5054 , G06F9/455 , H04W24/02 , H04W4/50
Abstract: Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) abstracts network functions, allowing them to be installed, controlled, and manipulated by software running on standardized compute nodes such as cloud computing platform rather than on dedicated hardware. In a 5G mobile communications network, the base station or gNB may be split into virtualized and non-virtualized network functions (NFs). Described herein are systems and methods for managing such gNBs within the NFV framework.
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