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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ajay Mahimkar, Woodbridge, NJ (US);
Zihui Ge, Madison, NJ (US);
Jennifer Yates, Morristown, NJ (US);
Deborah Cathey, Dallas, TX (US);
Prasanna Ramachandran, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Christopher May, Marlborough, MA (US);
Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Edison, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, I.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method includes measuring a first performance metric of a network comprising a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs). The method also includes executing tasks to implement the software change on a first VNF set. The method also includes measuring a second performance metric of the network after at least one of the tasks has been completed and comparing the first performance metric to the second performance metric to determine a recommendation for whether to deploy the software change on the plurality of VNFs. The tasks are based upon a change management workflow created using a graphical model, the graphical model comprising modular building blocks selected from a change management catalog.