Patent ID: 11863413
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
at least one processor;
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving monitoring data corresponding to at least one network function of a network service implemented by a plurality of network functions in a communications network;

identifying, in the monitoring data, data pertaining to the network service, wherein the data comprises formatting and content specific to each type of the plurality of network functions in the communications network;
aggregating the data pertaining to the network service into genericized metrics for the network service that are independent of the formatting and content specific to each type of the plurality of network functions, the genericized metrics comprising numeric or Boolean measurement values and at least one field corresponding to a type of the identified monitoring data;
sending the genericized metrics to an orchestration agent configured to interoperate with an orchestrator operable to deploy the network service in the communications network, wherein values for the genericized metrics are usable by the orchestration agent without modification; and
triggering, by the orchestration agent, an operation comprising one or more of: an action on the network function from which the monitoring data was received, an action on the network service, an action on another network function, or an action on another network service; wherein the operation is triggered based on at least one of the genericized metrics for the network service and an associated threshold.