Patent ID: 11888683
Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A control system configured for controlling provisioning of a service in a network, the service comprising one or more network functions including a first network function, wherein the control system comprises:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control system to carry out operations including:
receiving an allocation request for providing the service;
obtaining a predefined stored network function specification data structure identifying and specifying the first network function and defining at least a virtual implementation associated with a virtual machine identifier, for performing the first network function and a physical implementation, associated with a hardware identifier, for performing the first network function; and
after receiving the allocation request, controlling provisioning of the service in the network by making a selection of one of the defined implementations in the predefined stored network function specification data structure, for performing the first network function.