Enhanced open-radio access network (o-ran) framework with network resource and service abstractions for supporting wireline and wireless convergence (wwc)

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

• receiving a service request relating to a user equipment (UE);
• based on the receiving:
• obtaining, from an access intelligent controller (AIC), information regarding access physical resources that are available in one or more access networks,
• wherein the access physical resources include wireline resources and wireless resources,
• wherein the access physical resources are disaggregated into a plurality of modular units,
• wherein an access resource abstraction layer abstracts the access physical resources such that the plurality of modular units are identified by respective universal physical resource ports, and
• wherein the information includes selected ones of the respective universal physical resource ports;
• obtaining from another intelligent controller, other information regarding other physical resources that are available in one or more other networks,
• wherein the other physical resources are disaggregated into another plurality of modular units,
• wherein another resource abstraction layer abstracts the other physical resources such that the another plurality of modular units are identified by other respective universal physical resource ports, and
• wherein the other information includes particular ones of the other respective universal physical resource ports;
• and
• utilizing the information and the other information to compose a service chain for the service request by virtually coupling the modular units of the plurality of modular units that correspond to the selected ones of the respective universal physical resource ports and the modular units of the other plurality of modular units that correspond to the particular ones of the other respective universal physical resource ports.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a service request relating to a user equipment (UE);
• based on the receiving, obtaining, by the processing system and from an access intelligent controller (AIC), information regarding access physical resources that are available in one or more access networks,
• wherein the access physical resources include wireline resources and wireless resources,
• wherein the access physical resources are disaggregated into a plurality of modular units,
• wherein an access resource abstraction layer abstracts the access physical resources such that the plurality of modular units are identified by respective universal physical resource ports and are associated with respective physical resource data,
• wherein the AIC is equipped with a wireline wireless convergence (WWC) system that is implemented in an xApp and that is configured to analyze the respective physical resource data and the service request to choose selected ones of the respective universal physical resource ports, and
• wherein the information includes the selected ones of the respective universal physical resource ports;
• and
• utilizing, by the processing system, the information to compose a service chain for the service request by virtually coupling the modular units of the plurality of modular units that correspond to the selected ones of the respective universal physical resource ports.