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公开(公告)号:US10965522B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-30
申请号:US16297017
申请日:2019-03-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
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:US10924351B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US16408231
申请日:2019-05-09
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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公开(公告)号:US12028770B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US17427525
申请日:2020-02-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for identifying performance measurements for registration and handovers for user equipment (UE) and wireless network nodes. A service producer system may register a first wireless communication connection with a first UE using one or more access and mobility management functions (AMFs). The service producer system may monitor registration measurements corresponding to this registration, perform a handover for the first UE using the one or more AMFs, and monitor mobility measurements corresponding to the handover. The service producer system may select a node for a second wireless communication connection corresponding to a second UE based on the registration measurements and mobility measurements and transmit an indication of the selected node to the second UE. The measurements may include a number of requests, successful requests, measurements related protocol data unit (PDU) sessions, and measurements related to Quality of Service (QoS) flows.
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公开(公告)号:US20240137848A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-25
申请号:US18400502
申请日:2023-12-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Techniques for performance measurements related to application triggering and short message service (SMS) over non-access stratum (NAS) including obtaining raw performance measurements from one or more network functions in a wireless communication network, the one or more network functions including at least one of a network exposure function (NEF) or an access and mobility management function (AMF), and generating performance measurements for the one or more network functions based on the raw performance measurements.
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公开(公告)号:US11848815B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-19
申请号:US17207645
申请日:2021-03-20
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:US11751071B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17845002
申请日:2022-06-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: G06F9/455 , H04L41/0806 , H04L41/0816 , H04L41/5003 , H04L41/5054 , H04W4/50 , H04W16/18 , H04W24/02 , H04W84/02 , H04W88/08 , H04W88/18 , H04W92/02
CPC classification number: H04W16/18 , G06F9/45537 , G06F9/45558 , H04L41/0806 , H04L41/0816 , H04L41/5003 , H04L41/5054 , H04W4/50 , H04W24/02 , G06F2009/45562 , G06F2009/45595 , H04W84/02 , H04W88/08 , H04W88/18 , H04W92/02
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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公开(公告)号:US20220321435A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17283615
申请日:2019-10-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
IPC: H04L43/062 , H04L43/04 , H04W24/08 , H04W24/10
Abstract: A service device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), a new radio NB (gNB), or other network component or network management component) as a service provider or a service consumer can process or generate performance data streaming in response to a request to create a performance data stream. Information overhead related to the performance data stream can be provided that enables use of the performance data stream in and through data stream units to support performance measurement collection activities.
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公开(公告)号:US20220276933A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-01
申请号:US17745037
申请日:2022-05-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Joey Chou , Stephen Gooch , Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde
IPC: G06F11/14 , G06F11/34 , G06F11/07 , H04L43/08 , H04L43/00 , H04L41/0654 , H04L43/0817
Abstract: Techniques for identifying and remedying performance issues of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) are discussed. An example method includes outputting a request to a network Element Manager (EM) to create a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Performance Measurement (PM) job to collect VNF PM data from a VNF and receiving a set of VNF PM data associated with the VNF from the EM. The set of VNF PM data is processed associated with the VNF. A request to the EM is output to create a Virtualization Resource (VR) PM job to collect, through a VNF Manager (VNFM) and a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM), VR PM data from a VR used by the VNF. Then a set of VR PM data is received from the EM and processed.
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公开(公告)号:US11337053B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-17
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:US11327787B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-10
申请号:US16319886
申请日:2017-02-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Joey Chou
IPC: G06F9/46 , G06F9/48 , G06F9/455 , G06F9/50 , H04L41/0806
Abstract: Techniques for linking managed object (MO) operations and lifecycle operations associated with VNFs (Virtual Network Functions) are discussed. In various actions, MO operations can trigger associated lifecycle operations, or lifecycle operations can trigger associated MO operations. In some aspects, MO instance creation by an EM (Element Manager) can trigger associated VNF instantiation by a VNFM (VNF Manager), or vice versa. In the same or other aspects, MO instance deletion by an EM can trigger termination of an associated VNF by a VNFM, or vice versa.
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