Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a thinking diameter network architecture

A method for providing a thinking Diameter network architecture, the method comprising:

• receiving information about network events and generating a real time view of network conditions;
• communicating the real time view of network conditions to a policy directed software defined network (SDN) controller;
• and
• issuing SDN commands to route IP network flows to needed network elements and to instruct dynamically configurable network elements to instantiate Diameter resource instances.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:

• receiving information about network events and generating a real time view of network conditions;
• communicating the real time or predictive view of network conditions to a policy directed software defined network (SDN) controller;
• and
• issuing SDN commands to route IP network flows to needed network elements and to instruct dynamically configurable network elements to instantiate Diameter resource instances or to allocate hardware among existing Diameter resource instances.