Patent ID: 11916762
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a service request for provision of a data communication service to a communication device via a communication network comprising a plurality of different network resources defined by resource components and sub-components of the resource components;
in response to receiving the service request, accessing, by the system, network resource abstraction information for the communication network that identifies the resource components, the sub-components respectively associated with the resource components, and hierarchical relationships between the resource components and the sub-components;
selecting, by the system, a subset of the different network resources for the provision of the data communication service to the communication device based on the network resource abstraction information and a service criterion associated with the data communication service, the selecting being based on information included in the network resource abstraction information that identifies a location of the subset of the different network resources in terms of physical locations, coverage areas, virtual resource location identifiers, or any combination thereof; and
facilitating, by the system, the provision of the data communication service to the communication device via the communication network using the subset of the different network resources.