Systems and methods of using adaptive network infrastructures

A device comprising:

• a communication interface;
• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
• receive network performance indicator data associated with a network slice accessed by a user equipment (UE) device via a first type of network infrastructure including a first distributed unit (DU) of a radio access network (RAN) located in a far edge network site, wherein the first DU connects via a fronthaul transport domain to a radio unit (RU) located at a cell site, wherein the first type of network infrastructure further includes multiple alternative data transport paths from an application instance to the first DU and each of the alternative data transport paths including data transport nodes linked across multiple types of network locations;
• determine, based on the network performance indicator data, that one or more service level agreements (SLAs) for the network slice will not maintained for a duration of a network session, and that a rerouting of the network session to any of the alternative data transport paths will not result in the one or more SLAs being met for the network session;
• identify, responsive to the determination that the rerouting of the network session will not result in the one or more SLAs being met for the duration of the network session, a second type of network infrastructure in which a second DU is co-located with the RU at the cell site, based on service requirements for the network slice, wherein the service requirements include the one or more SLAs and a service profile for the network slice;
• access a network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) database to determine a supportability for an instantiation of the second type of network infrastructure;
• and
• instruct an orchestrator to deploy the second type of network infrastructure over the access network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions which, when executed by a processor associated with a network device, cause the processor to:

• receive network performance indicator data associated with a network slice accessed by a user equipment (UE) device via a first type of network infrastructure including a first distributed unit (DU) of a radio access network (RAN) located in a far edge network site, wherein the first DU connects via a fronthaul transport domain to a radio unit (RU) located at a cell site, wherein the first type of network infrastructure further includes multiple alternative data transport paths from an application instance to the first DU and each of the alternative data transport paths including data transport nodes linked across multiple types of network locations;
• determine, based on the network performance indicator data, that one or more service level agreements (SLAs) for the network slice will not be maintained for a duration of a network session, and that a rerouting of the network session to any of the alternative data transport paths will not result in the one or more SLAs being met for the network session;
• identify, responsive to a determination that the rerouting will not result in the one or more SLAs being met for the duration of the network session, a second type of network infrastructure in which a second DU is co-located with the RU at the cell site, based on service requirements for the network slice, wherein the service requirements include the one or more SLAs and a service profile for the network slice;
• access a network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) database to determine a supportability for an instantiation of the second type of network infrastructure;
• and
• instruct an orchestrator to deploy the second type of network infrastructure.