System and method for cloud-based implementation of control of focused overload of network element (COFO-NE)

An apparatus comprising:

• a distributed virtualized network element that is realized in a plurality of distributed tangible networked elements including a plurality of distributed computing processors communicatively coupled to a plurality of distributed data storage devices, wherein the distributed virtualized network element, for protection of network resources from overload and for disaster management, obtains for a signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element resource blocks from a variety of networked resources, wherein the resource blocks are integrated into a pool and a unified view of the pool as a part of the distributed virtualized network element is presented to applications and services that communicate with the signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element;
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• wherein a media part of the distributed virtualized network element includes resource blocks from the variety of networked resources, wherein the resource blocks are integrated into a pool and a unified view of the pool is presented to the signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element;
• wherein the signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element is further configured to control allocation of resources from the media part of the distributed virtualized network element via instructions over a plurality of virtual network links;
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• wherein the resource blocks for the applications and services are allocated to be used for a duration of time and released after utilization.

A system comprising:

• means realized on a plurality of distributed tangible networked computing processors communicatively coupled to a plurality of distributed tangible networked data storage devices, wherein the means, for protection of network resources from overload and for disaster management, obtains for a signaling part of a distributed virtualized network element, resource blocks from a variety of networked resources, for protection of network resources from overload and for disaster management;
• means realized on the processors and storage devices, for controlling allocation of resources from a media part of the distributed virtualized network element;
• means realized on the processors and storage devices, for obtaining resource blocks for the media part of the distributed virtualized network element from the variety of networked resources, wherein the resource blocks are integrated into a pool and a unified view of the pool is presented to the signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element;
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• means realized on the processors and storage devices, whereby the distributed virtualized network element obtains for a signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element resource blocks from a variety of networked resources, wherein the resource blocks are integrated into a pool and a unified view of the pool as a part of the distributed virtualized network element is presented to applications and services that communicate with the signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element
• wherein the signaling part of the distributed virtualized network element operates over a plurality of virtual network links;
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• wherein the resource blocks for the applications and services are allocated for a duration of time.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable on a plurality of networked computing processors communicatively coupled to a plurality of networked data storage devices as a distributed virtual network element, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for obtaining, for protection of network resources from overload and for disaster management, resource blocks for a signaling part of the distributed virtual network element from a variety of networked resources, wherein the resource blocks are integrated into a pool and a unified view of the pool as part of the distributed virtual network element is presented to applications and services communicating with the signaling part of the distributed virtual network element;
• instructions for controlling, by the signaling part of the distributed virtual network element, allocation of resources from a media part of the distributed virtual network element via instructions over a plurality of virtual network links;
• instructions for obtaining resource blocks for the media part of the distributed virtual network element from the variety of networked resources, wherein the resource blocks are integrated into a pool and a unified view of the pool is presented to the signaling part of the distributed virtual network element;
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• instructions for allocating the resource blocks for applications and services for a session duration, or transaction length, of time.