International Business Machines Corporation

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Brian Naughton

Dinesh C Verma

Bijan Davari

Zygmunt A Lozinski

Shahrokh Daijavad

Malcolm G Nicholas

Gareth Senior

Paul Kitteringham

Simon Osborne

A system for assembling and delivering a communications service or product is described which is flexible to accommodate the rapid introduction of new product/service offerings on a frequent basis. The method involves receiving data relating to a number of communication service components and creating and storing a data structure for each communication service component. Data is also received relating to a communication service, the data identifying at least one of the communication service components and a data structure for the communications service is created and stored. In response to receiving an input requesting provisioning of the communications service, an end-to-end process flow for delivering the communications service is automatically created based on the data structure for the communications service and the data structure for the identified communication service components.

Service assembly and delivery

Techniques for reconfiguring mobile networks based on network state information are provided. In one aspect, a method for managing a mobile network is provided. The method includes the steps of: gathering network state information from an edge of the mobile network, wherein the edge of the mobile network includes a radio network and a cellular network through which user equipment communicate with an internet protocol (IP) network which is at a core of the mobile network; analyzing the network state information based on policy controls to determine actions for optimizing the mobile network; and reconfiguring the mobile network using the actions for optimizing the mobile network. A system for managing a mobile network is also provided.

Reconfiguring a mobile network based on cellular network state information

Techniques for improving real-time communications over a mobile network are provided. In one aspect, a method for managing data transfer in a mobile network wherein user equipment transmit data through one or more cell towers is provided. The method includes the steps of: intercepting data packets from the user equipment; determining a location of a given one of the cell towers in the mobile network to which the data packets are to be sent; and tunneling the data packets directly to the given cell tower. A system for managing data transfer in a mobile network wherein user equipment transmit data through one or more cell towers is also provided.

IP based real-time communications over a mobile network

A system for assembling and delivering a communications service or product is described which is flexible to accommodate the rapid introduction of new product/service offerings on a frequent basis. The method involves receiving data relating to a number of communication service components and creating and storing a data structure for each communication service component. Data component is also received relating to a communication service, the data identifying at least one of the communication service components and a data structure for the communications service is created and stored. In response to receiving an input requesting provisioning of the communications service, an end-to-end process flow for delivering the communications service is automatically created based on the data structure for the communications service and the data structure for the identified communication service components.

A telecommunication network including: a radio access network; and a network switching subsystem operable for communication with the radio access network and with a demand-driven, dynamically-configurable IP based computing infrastructure.

Telecommunication network

A method of communicating a telecommunication request initiated by a subscriber in a telecommunication network. The method according to an embodiment includes: receiving a request for a voice or data communication by a radio access network; and communicating the received request to a network switching subsystem for processing by a demand-driven, dynamically-configurable IP based computing infrastructure.

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Brian Naughton