Infrastructure resource states

A support system, comprising:

• a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to:
• transition a virtualized network resource (VNR) from a Network Ready (NR) VNR state to a Service Ready (SR) VNR state;
• send, toward a second support system, an indication that the VNR is in the SR VNR state;
• receive, from the second support system, an indication that a virtualized service resource (VSR) associated with the VNR has been transitioned from a Service Ready (SR) VSR state to an In Service (IS) VSR state;
• and
• transition the VNR from the SR VNR state to an In Service (IS) VNR state.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to:
• support a hierarchical multi-owner and multi-tenant system for a communication network based on a set of virtualized infrastructure resources associated with a set of infrastructure resources of the communication network;
• support a resource state model for the hierarchical multi-owner and multi-tenant system, the resource state model comprising a set of infrastructure resource states and a set of state transitions associated with the set of infrastructure resource states, the set of infrastructure resource states comprising a Network Unequipped (NU) state, a Network Equipped (NE) state, a Network Ready (NR) state, a Service Ready (SR) state, and an In-Service (IS) state;
• and
• initiate a management action for the hierarchical multi-owner and multi-tenant system based on the resource state model for the hierarchical multi-owner and multi-tenant system.