Comptel Oy

Comptel Corporation

Comptel Oyj

Stephen Lacey

Mikko Jarva

Jyrki Berg

Antti Koskela

Simon Osbourne

Daniel Tyrode

Siu Lung Li

Mikko Kauko Johannes Jarva

Mikko Kauko Jarva

According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising memory configured to store information characterizing at least one run-time behavioural pattern, at least one processing core configured to perform a behavioural determination based at least partly on the stored information, concerning a network node, and to verify, as a response to a result of the behavioural determination, whether the network node is comprised on a list of valid network nodes.

Network management

The invention relates to an electronic arrangement for dynamically and automatically controlling the usage of software components in connection with a network function virtualization (NFV) platform in a communications network comprising a mobile network, the arrangement comprising at least one data interface for transferring data, at least one processing unit for processing instructions and other data, and memory for storing the instructions and other data, said at least one processing unit being configured, in accordance with the stored instructions, to cause: obtaining first information indicative of instantiated virtualized network functions (VNF) and licences associated therewith, and second information indicative of a VNF licence that is available for allocation to an instance of a related VNF in accordance with terms and conditions as stipulated by the VNF licence; determining, based on the obtained first and second information, whether a licence currently allocated to an existing instance of a VNF, or the existing VNF instance itself, is to be replaced with the available licence, or with a new instance of said related VNF associated with the available licence, respectively, wherein a number of selected criteria are utilized to compare the currently allocated licence with the available licence having regard to the concerned terms and conditions as well as network resource information including usage information regarding the existing instance of the VNF based on data obtained from the network; and responsive to a positive determination, allocating the available licence to the existing VNF instance or to said new instance of said related VNF that is instantiated, the licence currently allocated to the existing VNF instance being released and in the latter case also the existing VNF instance being de-instantiated.

Method and arrangement for licence management in NFV network environment

According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a memory configured to store information characterizing network management actions that have occurred in the past, and at least one processing core configured to initiate a network management action based at least in part on the stored information, the network management action involving at least one virtualized network function.

According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a memory configured to store a list of virtualized network functions, VNFs, active in a first Network (), and at least one processing core configured to process a request, originating in a second network (), requesting to run a first VNF in the first network on behalf of the second network, and based at least partly on the request, to cause instantiation of the first VNF in the first network.

Virtualized network function interworking

Electronic arrangement, optionally comprising one or more servers, for a mobile communication network to enable dynamic policy regulation, through a master device, of a slave device, being a user device operable in the mobile communication network, the arrangement comprising at least one communication interface for transferring data, at least one processing unit for processing instructions and other data, and memory for storing the instructions and other data, said at least one processing unit being configured, in accordance with the stored instructions, to cause: receiving and storing an indication, preferably from the master device optionally being other user device operable in the mobile communication network, of the slave device, wherein the indication stipulates master and slave association between the devices in controlling usage of network resources by the slave device, receiving and identifying a request, from the master device, indicative of at least one policy adjustment to be enforced on the slave device regarding the usage of network resources, and communicating the at least one policy adjustment to a policy control entity of the mobile communication network to instruct the policy control entity implement said at least one policy adjustment. Related user device and method are presented.

Method and arrangement for policy regulation of electronic communication devices

Document discloses methods, systems and computer program products for dynamic mobile network traffic control. In an embodiment of the method comprises controlling data traffic () between a plurality of mobile terminals (A,B,A,B) and a mobile network comprising a plurality of cell sites (A,B,C). The method comprises monitoring cell-site-specific volumes of data traffic () in order to detect high-load cell sites (A,B) among the plurality of cell sites. For each of the detected high-load cell sites, a mobile-terminal-specific analysis of data traffic () is performed in order to select at least one of the mobile terminals (A,B,A,B) for traffic limitation. Thereafter, the data traffic () between the mobile network and the selected at least one mobile terminal (A,B) is temporarily limited.

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Stephen Lacey