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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Chaoxin Qiu, Austin, TX (US);
Mark A. Ratcliffe, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
Min Lu, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Eric Ashby, Batavia, IL (US);
Arshad Khan, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for bundling network functions as a single microservice in a cloud environment. A service deployment manager may acquire subscriber location information associated with a subscriber or a subscriber profile associated with the subscriber. Moreover, the service deployment manager may utilize the subscriber location information or the subscriber profile to select a cloud location. For example, the cloud location may be based on load, geographical proximity, service profile, etc.