Xapp conflict mitigation framework

A method comprising:

• hosting a plurality of applications for managing network functions of a radio access network;
• scheduling the plurality of applications for one or more future time slots;
• obtaining one or more predicted future values of one or more network parameters of the radio access network for the one or more future time slots;
• determining whether or not at least one conflict exists in the scheduling of the plurality of applications based on the one or more predicted future values of the one or more network parameters;
• and
• in response to determining that the at least one conflict exists, resolving the at least one conflict by adjusting scheduling of at least one application involved in the at least one conflict.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform:

• hosting a plurality of applications for managing network functions of a radio access network;
• scheduling the plurality of applications for one or more future time slots;
• obtaining one or more predicted future values of one or more network parameters of the radio access network for the one or more future time slots;
• determining whether or not at least one conflict exists in the scheduling of the plurality of applications based on the one or more predicted future values of the one or more network parameters;
• and
• in response to determining that the at least one conflict exists, resolving the at least one conflict by adjusting scheduling of at least one application involved in the at least one conflict.