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Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Jari Arkko, Kauniainen, FI;

Ari Keränen, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5054 (2022.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for provisioning a service in a first network and providing the service by an entity in a second network are disclosed. The methods comprising maintaining in a software repository in the first network, one or more software images (I, I, . . . Ii) of corresponding one or more services and where each service is identified by a service identifier (Si) and storing configuration information related to the one or more services in a database repository of the first network. The method of providing the service in the second network further comprises receiving and storing one or more software images (I, I, . . . ) for one or more services of the first network and where each service is identified by a service identifier (Si) and upon detecting a trigger indicating a request for a service of the one or more services, instantiating the software image of the service in the serving network.


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