Method for using context awareness for the coordination of management and mobile network service operation planes

A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising a program code, wherein when executed by a processor, the program code causes the processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving information from one or more network function (NF) entities and from a network management entity, the received information being relevant to generate a context;
• generating the context based on the received information;
• based on the generated context, sending context-related information towards one or more entities that are impacted by the generated context, the one or more entities being selected from the one or more NF entities and the network management entity;
• and
• blocking, for a first period of time, transmission of any generated context towards the one or more NF entities upon receiving a notification message from the network management entity,
• wherein the notification message is generated by the network management entity once the network management entity decides to enforce a change upon receiving the generated context derived from the context-related information;
• and
• wherein the first period of time is greater than or equal to a second period of time required for the network management entity to enforce the change.

A controlling entity configured to communicate with a network management entity and one or more network function (NF) entities, the controlling entity comprising:

• a processor being configured to:
• receive information from the one or more NF entities and from the network management entity, the received information being relevant to generate a context;
• generate the context based on the received information;
• based on the generated context, send context-related information towards one or more impacted entities that are impacted by the generated context, the one or more impacted entities being selected from the one or more NF entities and the network management entity;
• and
• block, for a first period of time, transmission of the generated context towards the one or more NF entities upon receiving a notification message from the network management entity,
• wherein the notification message is generated by the network management entity once the network management entity decides to enforce a change upon receiving the generated context from the controlling entity, and
• wherein the first period of time is greater than or equal to a second period of time required for the network management entity to enforce the change.