Method And Apparatus For Autonomous Services Composition

A device, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• employing a learning algorithm to perform an analysis of a functional description of a requested network service, the learning algorithm using a plurality of resource models that describe behaviors of virtualized network function resources of a communications network;
• recommending a compatible subset of the virtualized network function resources, to obtain a recommended compatible subset of the virtualized network function resources for use in composing the requested network service based on the analysis of the functional description of the requested network service;
• providing for presentation via user equipment, a composition environment comprising icons representing the recommended compatible subset of the virtualized network function resources for use in composing the requested network service ;
• and
• providing assistance in defining an arrangement of the icons in the composition environment, the assistance provided according to the learning algorithm.

A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• employing a learning algorithm to perform an analysis of a functional description of a requested network service, the learning algorithm using a plurality of resource models that describe behaviors of virtualized network function resources of a communications network;
• identifying a compatible subset of the virtualized network function resources, to obtain an identified compatible subset of the virtualized network function resources for use in composing the requested network service based on the analysis of the functional description of the requested network service;
• providing for presentation via user equipment, a composition environment comprising icons representing the identified compatible subset of the virtualized network function resources;
• and
• providing assistance in defining an arrangement of the icons in the composition environment, the assistance provided according to the learning algorithm.