Facilitation of deep service path discovery for 5G or other next generation network
摘要
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A cloud native function (CNF) architecture can create new challenges for mobile network operators (MNO) when it comes to having visibility into the network call flow and service paths for troubleshooting while the CNF inter-ops with a virtual networking function (vNF) or a physical networking function (pNF). For troubleshooting, alarm correlation, and/or performance management of service paths, a logical view of the service path connection and the traffic can flow from a radio access network (RAN) into a core containerized network function residing in the cloud infrastructure. The current model of the PNF/CNF, inventory and the service path end point are not sufficient for 5G systems with containerized network functions because the selection of the service paths in a container can be dynamic by a K8 kubernetes proxy in the CNF architecture. Introducing a network service slice with a containerized solution can increase the magnitude of this problem as the network becomes a logical slice that is applicable to a cloud native containerized network function.
