Policies for Analytics Frameworks in Telecommunication Clouds

A method for execution of an analytics task in a first network node of a telecommunication network, wherein the first network node is supported by a distributed cloud infrastructure and executes at least one service application executing a first service and at least one analytics application executing at least part of a distributed analytics service, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a node policy agent, a policy for entitling resources to the analytics application, wherein the policy is based on the analytics task and on a service-level agreement (SLA) for the first service;
• transmitting, by the node policy agent, the policy to a node manager;
• receiving, by the node manager, an analytics task from a second network node of the telecommunication network;
• and
• executing, by the node manager, the analytics task within the analytics application, based on the policy.

A network node adapted to reside in a telecommunication network, and to be supported by a distributed cloud infrastructure, where the network node is capable of executing an analytics task, the network node being configured to, and, where the network node comprises:

• processing circuitry;
• memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the network node is operative to:
• execute at least one service application executing a first service;
• execute at least one analytics application executing at least part of a distributed analytics service;
• function as a node policy agent and a node manager, each residing in any of the at least one service application and the at least one analytics application;
• wherein the node policy agent is configured to:
• obtain a policy for entitling resources to the analytics application, wherein the policy is based on the analytics task and on a service level agreement (SLA) for the first service;
• and
• transmit the policy to the node manager;
• and
• wherein the node manager is configured to:
• receive, an analytics task from a second network node of the telecommunication network;
• and
• execute the analytics task within the analytics application, based on the policy.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a computer program product for controlling execution of an analytics task in a first network node of a telecommunication network, wherein the first network node is supported by a distributed cloud infrastructure and executes at least one service application executing a first service and at least one analytics application executing at least part of a distributed analytics service, the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on processing circuitry of the network node, causes the network node to:

• obtain, by a node policy agent, a policy for entitling resources to the analytics application, wherein the policy is based on the analytics task and on a service-level agreement (SLA) for the first service;
• transmit, by the node policy agent, the policy to a node manager;
• receive, by the node manager, an analytics task from a second network node of the telecommunication network;
• and
• execute, by the node manager, the analytics task within the analytics application, based on the policy.