Service Delivery with Joint Network and Cloud Resource Management

A method for scheduling resources, associated with a plurality of components of a communication network, for providing a network service to a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• receiving a service request for providing the network service, wherein the service request includes one or more service constraints;
• for each particular component of the plurality of network components:
• determining component resources that are needed to fulfill the service request according to the service constraints,
• sending, to a manager function associated with the particular component, a resource request that includes identification of the determined component resources and information related to the service constraints, and
• receiving, from the manager function, service information associated with the particular component;
• and
• based on the service information and a cost function, determining a resource schedule for the plurality of network components that fulfils the service request,
• wherein the plurality of network components include a radio access network (RAN) component, a core network (CN) component, and a cloud infrastructure component.