Management services for 5G networks and network functions

    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.

    Inventor: Yizhi Yao Joey Chou

    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.

    TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERFORMANCE DATA STREAMING

    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.

    Inventor: Yizhi Yao Joey Chou

    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.

    Connection point related performance measurements in a network function virtualization environment

    公开(公告)号:US11190423B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16126162

    申请日:2018-09-10

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Inventor: Yizhi Yao Joey Chou

    Abstract: An apparatus of a Virtualized Network Function Manager (VNFM) comprises one or more processors to receive one or more performance measurements related to a virtual network interface that are collected for a virtual compute instance from a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) in a collection interval, to map a measured object of the one or more performance measurements from the virtual compute instance to a Virtual Network Function (VNF) and/or VNF component (VNFC) instance, and to map the virtual network interface to a connection point (CP) associated with the VNF or VNFC instance, to generate one or more performance measurements related the CP for the VNF or VNFC instance. The one or more performance measurements related the CP for the VNF or VNFC instance are to be reported to an Element Manager (EM) or to a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO), or a combination thereof.

    MANAGEMENT OF GNB IN NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION FRAMEWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20210288879A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US16499044

    申请日:2018-04-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Yizhi Yao Joey Chou

    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.

    Management Services for 5G Networks and Network Functions

    公开(公告)号:US20210281473A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17207645

    申请日:2021-03-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Yizhi Yao Joey Chou

    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.

    Measurement job suspension and resumption in network function virtualization

    公开(公告)号:US11012883B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-18

    申请号:US16465453

    申请日:2017-12-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Yizhi Yao Joey Chou

    Abstract: An element manager (EM) of a virtualized network for a wireless communication system processes a suspend measurement job request received from a network manager (NM). The request is to suspend a measurement job to provide network function (NF) performance measurements related to a virtualized resource (VR). In response to the suspend measurement job request, the EM stops reports reporting measurement result data for the measurement job and determines whether to instruct a virtualized network function manager (VNFM) to delete one or more performance management (PM) jobs used to support the measurement job. The EM then generates a suspend measurement job response to indicate to the NM a result of the request to suspend the measurement job.

    Performance measurements related to virtualized resources

    公开(公告)号:US10949315B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16464840

    申请日:2018-06-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Joey Chou Yizhi Yao

    Abstract: Techniques for generating and communicating performance measurements related to virtualized resources (VRs) are discussed. A first set of embodiments discusses relate to generating and communicating 3GPP NF performance measurements related to VR. A second set of embodiments relate to generating and communication VR-related performance measurements over specific reference points (e.g., Ve-Vnfm-em, Or-Vnfm, Or-Vi, Os-Ma-nfvo, etc.) of a management architecture for network function virtualization (NFV).

    Method and system for threshold monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US12207111B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US17418691

    申请日:2019-12-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Yizhi Yao Joey Chou

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for carrying out performance measurement monitoring. Specifically, a consumer seeking performance measurement monitoring transmits a request to a management service producer that includes the parameters of the monitoring, such as the type of data to be monitored, a granularity period and one or more threshold values. In response, the management service producer communicates with a network function to carry out the monitoring. In particular, for each granularity period, a monitoring value is initialized. Then, either at the end of the granularity period or at intervals throughout the granularity period, the monitoring value is measured. If, at the time of measurement, the measurement value exceeds any one of the threshold values, a notification is transmitted to the consumer. Otherwise, monitoring continues for the remainder of the granularity period and/or is repeated for subsequent granularity periods.

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