Controller and method for controlling communication services for applications on a physical network

US10389595B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Amine Mohamed Houyou · Munich, DE
• Hans-Peter Huth · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/24215
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, computer program product and controller for controlling communication services for a plurality of applications on a physical network having a plurality M of network nodes providing certain network resources, wherein each of the applications is described by a set of requirements and is configured to run on at least two of the network nodes. The controller includes a generator and a calculator. The generator generates a network model of the physical network including a topology of the physical network and a node model for each of the network nodes, where the node model describes node capabilities and node resources of the network node. The calculator calculates virtual networks for the applications by mapping each respective set of requirements of the applications to the generated network model, where each of the calculated virtual networks includes at least two network nodes and a slice of the certain network resources.