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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Cormac Mullally, County Roscommon, IE;
Michael Lundkvist, Linköping, SE;
Brian Sweeney, Dysart County Roscommon, IE;
Dermot Melia, Westmeath, IE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A network node modifies an association between the 3GPP defined Network Functions (NFs) and one or more cloud-native services thereby changing how those NFs are realized by the cloud-native services. To accomplish this, the node () 'decouples' the NFs from the cloud-native services such that the NFs are unaware of the underlying cloud-native services that realize them and orchestrates the cloud-native services executing in the cloud that will realize those NFs. Additionally, the node automatically deploys, upgrades, scales, and heals the cloud-native services, as well as exposes the NFs and their interfaces, thereby facilitating the management of fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS).