Method and apparatus for operating an on-demand video gateway
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorArturo Maria
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a user device that attaches to a radio access network of a mobile network and requests services. The user device creates a virtual network function on the device to support the service. The virtual network function may include a user plane virtual network function, a control plane virtual network function, or both. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A mobile device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- attaching the mobile device to a radio access network of a mobile network;
- requesting, by the mobile device, a service from the mobile network;
- receiving authorization from the mobile network to create a user plane virtual network function on the mobile device;
- creating the user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network, wherein the user plane virtual network function supports the service;
- creating a blockchain entry on the mobile device to record creation of the user plane virtual network function on the mobile device;
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- receiving data related to the service at the user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, at a control plane function in a mobile network, a request, from a mobile device attached to a radio access network of the mobile network, to create a user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network;
- authorizing creation of the user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network;
- causing a blockchain entry to be issued to the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network to create a ledger entry recording creation of the user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network;
- and
- providing control plane communication across the radio access network to provide control to the user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor and at a control plane function in a mobile network, a request for a service from a mobile device attached to a radio access network of the mobile network;
- determining, by the processing system, that the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network is provisioned for the service;
- authorizing, by the processing system, creation of a user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network;
- and
- issuing, by the processing system, a blockchain entry to the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network to create a ledger entry recording creation of the user plane virtual network function on the mobile device attached to the radio access network of the mobile network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.