Dynamic Reconfiguration Of Resources In A Virtualized Network

In a virtualized network including one or more virtualized network resources operable to perform a virtual network function (VNF), A system comprising:

• an analytics engine operable to monitor and collect intelligence data associated with the virtualized network;
• an autonomics module operable to receive the intelligence data from the analytics engine and to identify certain actions according to a preconfigured policy, based on the intelligence data, the autonomics module operable in a control plane to instruct one or more devices to instantiate the actions, wherein the actions include in at least one instance, an action of dynamic reconfiguration of one or more virtualized network resources;
• wherein the virtualized network includes at least a first virtualized network resource operable according to a first configuration, the action of dynamic reconfiguration comprising one or more of:
• reconfiguration of the first virtualized network resource to become operable according to a second configuration, thereby replacing a configuration of the first virtualized network resource;
• deploying at least a second virtualized network resource to become operable according to the first configuration, thereby migrating a configuration from a first virtualized network resource to a second virtualized network resource;
• and
• deploying at least a second virtualized network resource to become operable according to a second configuration, replacing or supplementing functionality of the first virtualized network resource.

An apparatus comprising:

• a controller comprising an autonomics module operable to:
• receive network intelligence data from an analytics engine;
• identify certain actions based on the intelligence data, according to a preconfigured policy, wherein the actions include in at least one instance, an action of dynamic reconfiguration of one or more virtual machines;
• and
• instruct an orchestration module via a control plane to instantiate the action of dynamic reconfiguration of one or more virtual machines.