Distributed ledger directory service for wireless communication networks
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsLyle Walter Paczkowski, Tracy Lee Nelson, Ronald R. Marquardt
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Abstract
In a wireless communication network, network circuitry executes wireless network slices that store values for network attributes in distributed ledgers. Access circuitry authorizes directory access for a user and transfers a directory access token to the user. Directory circuitry serves information to the user like slice, ledger, and attribute that are within the scope of the directory access token. The access circuitry authorizes ledger access for the user and transfers a ledger access token. The network circuitry serves attributes and values from the distributed ledgers to the user that are within the scope of the ledger access token.
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A method of operating a wireless communication network that comprises wireless network slices that have distributed ledgers that host network attributes that have data values that characterize wireless network slice operations, the method comprising:
- access circuitry storing access instructions for the distributed ledgers, the network attributes, the data values that characterize the wireless network slice operations, and ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers;
- directory circuitry storing the ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes;
- network circuitry executing the wireless network slices and responsively delivering wireless data services to wireless User Equipment (UEs), generating the data values that characterize the wireless network slice operations, and storing the data values in the distributed ledgers in relation to corresponding ones of the network attributes;
- the access circuitry receiving and authorizing a directory access request based on the access instructions and transferring a corresponding directory access token;
- the directory circuitry receiving a directory information request having the directory access token, authorizing the directory information request based on the directory access token, selecting a portion of the ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes based on the directory information request, and transferring the selected portion of the ledger information;
- the access circuitry receiving and authorizing a ledger access request based on the access instructions and transferring a corresponding ledger access token;
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- the network circuitry receiving a ledger information request having the ledger access token, authorizing the ledger information request based on the ledger access token, selecting a portion of the network attributes and the related data values based on the ledger information request, and transferring the selected portion of the network attributes and the related data values.
A wireless communication network that comprises wireless network slices that have distributed ledgers that host network attributes that have data values that characterize wireless network slice operations, the wireless communication network comprising:
- access circuitry that stores access instructions for the distributed ledgers, the network attributes, the data values that characterize the wireless network slice operations, and ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers;
- directory circuitry that stores the ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes;
- network circuitry configured to execute the wireless network slices and responsively deliver wireless data services to wireless User Equipment (UEs), generate the data values that characterize the wireless network slice operations, and store the data values in the distributed ledgers in relation to corresponding ones of the network attributes;
- the access circuitry configured to receive and authorize a directory access request based on the access instructions and transfer a corresponding directory access token;
- the directory circuitry configured to receive a directory information request having the directory access token, authorize the directory information request based on the directory access token, select a portion of the ledger information that characterizes the distributed ledgers and the network attributes based on the directory information request, and transfer the selected portion of the ledger information;
- the access circuitry configured to receive and authorize a ledger access request based on the access instructions and transfer a corresponding ledger access token;
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- the network circuitry configured to receive a ledger information request having the ledger access token, authorize the ledger information request based on the ledger access token, select a portion of the network attributes and the related data values based on the ledger information request, and transfer the selected portion of the network attributes and the related data values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.