Blockchain token-based cloud orchestration architecture for discrete virtual network instances
US11316690B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 2021 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A blockchain-enabled service-based cloud native function (CNF) application architecture including a physical cloud infrastructure that includes computing resources, an application service mesh network including CNF that communicate with each other, and a blockchain-supported network slice orchestration of one or more network slices managed by a slice coin orchestrator, each network slice being an instantiated logical network, is defined by a smart contract deployed on a blockchain network. The slice coin orchestrator transacts smart contracts transferring tokens that are configured to be exchangeable for instantiation of a network slice, defined as slice coins, with each slice coin of the plurality of slice coins being configured to regulate at least one of access to and use by the one or more network slices to at least one of the computing resources and the CNF applications of the application service mesh network.
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