Method and system for disabling or enabling control loop decisions

A method comprising:

• receiving a request from a consumer of a decision management service producer in one or more management domains of a mobile network to disable or enable one or more decisions for one or more managed entities from being selected by one or more control loops or by one or more entities within the one or more control loops, wherein:
• the one or more control loops comprise closed control loops configured to step through stages comprising an analysis stage, a decision stage, an execution stage, and a monitoring stage, and
• the one or more decisions comprise action plans selectable to be produced in the decision stage and/or executed as actions in the execution stage of the one or more control loops;
• disabling or enabling an ability to select the one or more control loop decisions on the one or more managed entities by the one or more control loops or one or more entities within the one or more control loops in response to determining that the request is currently applicable and performable;
• and
• disabling the ability of a second control loop to select a decision requested by the second control loop in response to an indication that the decision requested would conflict with one or more decisions selected by a first control loop of the one or more control loops.

A system comprising a decision management service producer associated with one or more control loops running in one or more management domains of a mobile network, the decision management service producer comprising a processor, memory, and program code operable to:

• receive a request from a consumer of a decision management service producer in one or more management domains of a mobile network to disable or enable one or more decisions for one or more managed entities from being selected by one or more control loops or by one or more entities within the one or more control loops, wherein:
• the one or more control loops comprise closed control loops configured to step through stages comprising an analysis stage, a decision stage, an execution stage, and a monitoring stage, and
• the one or more decisions comprise action plans selectable to be produced in the decision stage and/or executed as actions in the execution stage of the one or more control loops;
• disable or enable an ability to select the one or more decisions on the one or more managed entities by the one or more control loops or one or more entities within the one or more control loops in response to determining that the request is currently applicable and performable;
• and
• disable the ability of a second control loop to select a decision requested by the second control loop in response to an indication that the decision requested would conflict with one or more decisions selected by a first control loop of the one or more control loops.