US 2017/0288961 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT PLANE - CONTROL PLANE INTERACTION IN SOFTWARE DEFINED TOPOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for a Session-level SDT component in the control plane to handle setup, recovery and mobility of individual session requests in real time. The Session-level SDT component may comprise path management that performs either stateless of stateful path switching for an ongoing session, whether download or uplink, according to the stateful requirements of the session. The path management may be in conjunction with user equipment mobility management operation; it may also be in conjunction with network scalability and automation operation, such as load balancing.

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A method for configuring a data plane of a communication network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a service-level software defined topology (SDT) component, configuration parameters and resource parameters indicative of communication network operation;
determining, by the service-level SDT component, a service-level SDT decision based at least in part on the configuration parameters and resource parameters;
transmitting, by the service-level SDT component, configuration parameters and resource parameters to a session-level SDT component for use in a session-level SDT determination;
and
receiving, by the service-level SDT component, performance indicators and a service request regarding configuration of the data plane from the session-level SDT component.

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Systems and methods for management plane - control plane interaction in software defined topology management

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Systems and methods for management plane - control plane interaction in software defined topology management

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