WO2025008903A1 - Method and system for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path - Google Patents
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- Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to network performance management systems. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path.
- Wireless communication technology has rapidly evolved over the past few decades, with each generation bringing significant improvements and advancements.
- the first generation of wireless communication technology was based on analog technology and offered only voice services.
- 2G second-generation
- 3G third-generation
- 4G fourth-generation
- the fourth-generation (4G) technology revolutionized wireless communication with faster data speeds, better network coverage, and improved security.
- 5G fifth-generation
- wireless communication technology has become more advanced, sophisticated, and capable of delivering more services to its users.
- a Service Communication Proxy is a solution deployed along side of 5G Network Functions (NF) for providing routing control, resiliency, and observability to the core network. The rerouting of the traffic load is done from one SCP to another SCP.
- An aspect of the present disclosure may relate to a method for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path.
- the method comprises fetching, by a fetching unit, at a Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence (SCP-pAI) engine, a set of statistics data associated with each path from a set of traffic route paths between a first node and a target node.
- the method further comprises identifying, by an identification unit, at the SCP-pAI engine, one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node based on the set of statistics data.
- SCP-pAI Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence
- the method further comprises determining, by a determination unit, at the SCP-pAI engine, a target time efficient paths from the one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node based on the set of statistics data; and automatically facilitating, routing at the SCP-pAI engine, by a routing unit, of the network traffic between the first node and the target node via the target time efficient path.
- the method further comprises identifying, by a Service Communication Proxy (SCP), the network traffic between the first node and the target node; identifying, by the SCP, a predetermined traffic route path based on the network traffic between the first node and the target node; identifying, by the SCP, the set of traffic route paths between the first node and the target node; and providing, by the SCP, to the SCP-pAI engine, the set of traffic route paths.
- SCP Service Communication Proxy
- the set of network statistics data comprises at least one of a network statistic associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths, a performance statistic associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths and a system statistics associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths.
- the SCP-pAI engine is an artificial-intelligence based engine trained based on a historical statistical data.
- the network statistics is at least one of a Round Trip Time (RTT) statistics associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths, an available bandwidth statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, wherein the performance statistics is at least a current load statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, and wherein the system statistics is at least one of a Random-Access Memory (RAM) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, and a storage utilisation statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- RTT Round Trip Time
- RAM Random-Access Memory
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- identifying by the identification unit at the SCP-pAI engine the one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node further comprises generating, by the identification unit, a sorted set of traffic route paths based on sorting the set of traffic route paths between the first node and the target node in a predefined order, wherein the predefined order is based on the network statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths; determining, by the identification unit, at least one of the current load statistics associated with the each path from the sorted set of traffic route paths, a maximum supported traffic load associated with the each path from the sorted set of traffic route paths and a traffic requirement of at least one of the first node and the target node, and identifying, by the identification unit, the one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node based on at least the maximum supported traffic load associated with the each path from the sorted set of traffic route paths.
- the method further comprises computing a latency associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths, and wherein the target time efficient path from the one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node is determined by the determination unit based on the latency associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- the automatically facilitating routing of the network traffic between the first node and the target node via the target time efficient path is further based on initiating, by the SCP-pAI engine, an update registration procedure to update one or more registrations details associated with the network traffic and the predetermined traffic route path between the first node and the target node.
- the method further comprises identifying, by the identification unit, at the SCP-pAI engine, a latency fluctuation associated with one or more traffic route paths from the set of traffic route paths; and generating, by an alert unit, at the SCP- pAI engine, one or more alerts based on the identified latency fluctuation.
- the update registration procedure comprises transmitting, by a transceiver unit, to the SCP, a trigger to update the one or more registrations details; and re-registering, to a controller, the one or more registrations details based on the trigger.
- the update registration procedure further comprises sending, by the controller, to a Network repository Function (NRF), an update Registration request; and sending, by the controller, a broadcast message comprising the one or more registrations details to all SCPs.
- NRF Network repository Function
- the update registration procedure further comprises sending by the NRF to at least one of the first node and the target node, the one or more registrations details.
- Another aspect of the present disclosure may relate to a system for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path.
- the system comprises a Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence (SCP-pAI) engine.
- SCP-pAI engine further comprises a fetching unit which is configured to fetch a set of network statistics data associated with each path from a set of traffic route paths between a first node and a target node.
- the SCP-pAI engine further comprises an identification unit connected to at least the fetching unit.
- the identification unit is configured to identify one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node based on the set of network statistics data.
- the SCP-pAI further comprises a determination unit connected to at least the identification unit.
- the determination unit is configured to determine a target time efficient path from the one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node based on the set of network statistics data.
- the SCP-pAI further comprises a routing unit connected to at least the determination unit, and the routing unit is configured to automatically facilitate routing of the network traffic between the first node and the target node via the target time efficient path.
- Yet another aspect of the present disclosure may relate to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path, the instructions include executable code which, when executed by a one or more units of a system having a Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence (SCP-pAI) engine, causes: a fetching unit to fetch a set of network statistics data associated with each path from a set of traffic route paths between a first node and a target node; an identification unit to identify one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node based on the set of network statistics data; a determination unit to determine a target time efficient path from the one or more time efficient paths between the first node and the target node based on the a set of network statistics data; and a routing unit to automatically facilitate routing of the network traffic between the first node and the target node via the target time efficient path.
- SCP-pAI Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram representation of 5th generation core (5GC) network architecture.
- 5GC 5th generation core
- FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of a computing device upon which the features of the present disclosure may be implemented in accordance with exemplary implementation of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of a system for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path, in accordance with exemplary implementations of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a method flow diagram for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path, in accordance with exemplary implementations of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a non-limiting exemplary scenario block diagram of a system [500] for a trained model for route recommendation in a cellular communication, in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
- exemplary and/or “demonstrative” is used herein to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. For the avoidance of doubt, the subject matter disclosed herein is not limited by such examples.
- any aspect or design described herein as “exemplary” and/or “demonstrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs, nor is it meant to preclude equivalent exemplary structures and techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
- processor refers to any logic circuitry for processing instructions.
- a processor may be a general-purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a (Digital Signal Processing) DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Field Programmable Gate Array circuits, any other type of integrated circuits, etc.
- the processor may perform signal coding data processing, input/output processing, and/or any other functionality that enables the working of the system according to the present disclosure. More specifically, the processor or processing unit is a hardware processor.
- a user equipment may be any electrical, electronic and/or computing device or equipment, capable of implementing the features of the present disclosure.
- the user equipment/device may include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, smart phone, laptop, a general-purpose computer, desktop, personal digital assistant, tablet computer, wearable device or any other computing device which is capable of implementing the features of the present disclosure.
- the user device may contain at least one input means configured to receive an input from at least one of a transceiver unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, a detection unit and any other such unit(s) which are required to implement the features of the present disclosure.
- storage unit or “memory unit” refers to a machine or computer-readable medium including any mechanism for storing information in a form readable by a computer or similar machine.
- a computer-readable medium includes read-only memory (“ROM”), random access memory (“RAM”), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices or other types of machine-accessible storage media.
- the storage unit stores at least the data that may be required by one or more units of the system to perform their respective functions.
- interface refers to a shared boundary across which two or more separate components of a system exchange information or data.
- the interface may also be referred to a set of rules or protocols that define communication or interaction of one or more modules or one or more units with each other, which also includes the methods, functions, or procedures that may be called.
- All modules, units, components used herein, unless explicitly excluded herein, may be software modules or hardware processors, the processors being a general-purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array circuits (FPGA), any other type of integrated circuits, etc.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array circuits
- the transceiver unit includes at least one receiver and at least one transmitter configured respectively for receiving and transmitting data, signals, information or a combination thereof between units/components within the system and/or connected with the system.
- the present disclosure aims to overcome the above-mentioned and other existing problems in this field of technology by providing methods and systems for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram representation of 5th generation core (5GC) network architecture, in accordance with exemplary implementation of the present disclosure.
- the 5GC network architecture [100] includes a user equipment (UE) [102], a radio access network (RAN) [104], an access and mobility management function (AMF) [106], a Session Management Function (SMF) [108], a Service Communication Proxy (SCP) [110], an Authentication Server Function (AUSF) [112], a Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization Function (NSSAAF) [114], a Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF) [116], a Network Exposure Function (NEF) [118], a Network Repository Function (NRF) [120], a Policy Control Function (PCF) [122], a Unified Data Management (UDM) [124], an application function (AF) [126], a User Plane Function (UPF) [128], a data network (DN) [130], wherein all the components are assumed to be connected
- UE user equipment
- Radio Access Network [104] is the part of a mobile telecommunications system that connects user equipment (UE) [102] to the core network (CN) and provides access to different types of networks (e.g., 5G network). It consists of radio base stations and the radio access technologies that enable wireless communication.
- Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) [106] is a 5G core network function responsible for managing access and mobility aspects, such as UE registration, connection, and reachability. It also handles mobility management procedures like handovers and paging.
- Session Management Function (SMF) [108] is a 5G core network function responsible for managing session-related aspects, such as establishing, modifying, and releasing sessions. It coordinates with the User Plane Function (UPF) for data forwarding and handles IP address allocation and QoS enforcement.
- UPF User Plane Function
- Service Communication Proxy (SCP) [110] is a network function in the 5G core network that facilitates delegated discovery, message forwarding and routing to destination NF/NF service, message forwarding and routing to a next SCP, communication security (such as authorization of the NF Service Consumer to access the NF Service Producer API, load balancing, monitoring, overload control, etc.) between Network Function (NF) services.
- SCP Service Communication Proxy
- AUSF Authentication Server Function
- 5G core responsible for authenticating UEs during registration and providing security services. It generates and verifies authentication vectors and tokens.
- NSSAAF Network Slice Specific Authentication and Authorization Function
- Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF) [116] is a network function responsible for selecting the appropriate network slice for a UE based on factors such as subscription, requested services, and network policies.
- Network Exposure Function [118] is a network function that exposes capabilities and services of the 5G network to external applications, enabling integration with third-party services and applications.
- Network Repository Function [120] is a network function that acts as a central repository for information about available network functions and services. It facilitates the support discovery and dynamic registration of network functions.
- the NRF [120] receives discovery request from the SCP
- the SCP [110] profile may include but not limited to SCP ID; indication of the profile of the SCP [110]; a SCP [110] capacity information; the SCP [110] load information; the SCP [110] priority; the NF/ sets of NFs served by the SCP [110] etc.
- PCF Policy Control Function
- Unified Data Management [124] is a network function that centralizes the management of subscriber data, including authentication, authorization, and subscription information.
- Application Function (AF) is a network function that represents external applications interfacing with the 5G core network to access network capabilities and services.
- UPF User Plane Function
- Data Network [130] refers to a network that provides data services to user equipment (UE) in a telecommunications system.
- the data services may include but are not limited to Internet services, private data network related services.
- Fig. 2 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of a computing device [1000] upon which the features of the present disclosure may be implemented in accordance with exemplary implementation of the present disclosure.
- the computing device [1000] may also implement a method for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path utilising the system.
- the computing device [1000] itself implements the method for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path using one or more units configured within the computing device [1000], wherein said one or more units are capable of implementing the features as disclosed in the present disclosure.
- the computing device [1000] may include a bus [1002] or other communication mechanism for communicating information, and a hardware processor [1004] coupled with bus [ 1002] for processing information.
- the hardware processor [ 1004] may be, for example, a general- purpose microprocessor.
- the computing device [1000] may also include a main memory [1006], such as a random-access memory (RAM), or other dynamic storage device, coupled to the bus [1002] for storing information and instructions to be executed by the processor [1004],
- the main memory [1006] also may be used for storing temporary variables or other intermediate information during execution of the instructions to be executed by the processor [1004], Such instructions, when stored in non-transitory storage media accessible to the processor [1004], render the computing device [1000] into a special-purpose machine that is customized to perform the operations specified in the instructions.
- the computing device [1000] further includes a read only memory (ROM) [1008] or other static storage device coupled to the bus [1002] for storing static information and instructions for the processor [1004],
- ROM read only memory
- a storage device [1010], such as a magnetic disk, optical disk, or solid-state drive is provided and coupled to the bus [1002] for storing information and instructions.
- the computing device [1000] may be coupled via the bus [1002] to a display [1012], such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), Liquid crystal Display (LCD), Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, Organic LED (OLED) display, etc. for displaying information to a computer user.
- a cursor controller [1016] such as a mouse, a trackball, or cursor direction keys, for communicating direction information and command selections to the processor [1004], and for controlling cursor movement on the display [1012].
- This input device typically has two degrees of freedom in two axes, a first axis (e.g., x) and a second axis (e.g., y), that allow the device to specify positions in a plane.
- the computing device [1000] may implement the techniques described herein using customized hard-wired logic, one or more ASICs or FPGAs, firmware and/or program logic which in combination with the computing device [1000] causes or programs the computing device [1000] to be a special -purpose machine.
- the techniques herein are performed by the computing device [1000] in response to the processor [1004] executing one or more sequences of one or more instructions contained in the main memory [1006], Such instructions may be read into the main memory [1006] from another storage medium, such as the storage device [1010], Execution of the sequences of instructions contained in the main memory [1006] causes the processor [1004] to perform the process steps described herein.
- hard-wired circuitry may be used in place of or in combination with software instructions.
- the computing device [1000] also may include a communication interface [1018] coupled to the bus [1002],
- the communication interface [1018] provides a two-way data communication coupling to a network link [1020] that is connected to a local network [1022].
- the communication interface [1018] may be an integrated services digital network (ISDN) card, cable modem, satellite modem, or a modem to provide a data communication connection to a corresponding type of telephone line.
- the communication interface [1018] may be a local area network (LAN) card to provide a data communication connection to a compatible LAN.
- LAN local area network
- Wireless links may also be implemented.
- the communication interface [1018] sends and receives electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that carry digital data streams representing various types of information.
- the computing device [1000] can send messages and receive data, including program code, through the network(s), the network link [1020] and the communication interface [1018],
- a server [1030] might transmit a requested code for an application program through the Internet [1028], the ISP [1026], the host [1024], the local network [1022] and the communication interface [1018],
- the received code may be executed by the processor [1004] as it is received, and/or stored in the storage device [1010], or other non-volatile storage for later execution.
- the system [300] comprises at least one service communication proxy performance automated intelligence (SCP-pAI) engine [301] comprising at least one fetching unit [302], at least one identification unit [303], at least one determination unit [304], and at least one routing unit [305],
- the system [300] also comprises at least one service communication proxy (SCP) [306], at least one alert unit [307], at least one transceiver unit [308], at least one service communication proxy (SCP) controller [309], and network repository function (NRF) [310],
- SCP service communication proxy performance automated intelligence
- SCP service communication proxy
- SCP service communication proxy
- NRF network repository function
- the system [300] is responsible for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path in order to establish the connection between a first node [300f] and a target node [300t] .
- the system [300] may comprise multiple such units or the system [300] may comprise any such numbers of said units, as required to implement the features of the present disclosure.
- the at least one SCP [306] may be single/multiple connected to at least one SCP-pAI engine [301] to implement the features of the present disclosure.
- the system [300] may be a part of the user device/or may be independent of but in communication with the user device (may also referred herein as a UE).
- the system [300] may reside in a server or a network entity.
- the SCP-pAI engine [301], NRF (as shown in Fig. 1), the SCP [306], the SCP controller [309] are separate entities, at different sites, connected with each other via one or more networks.
- the system [300] may reside partly in the server/ network entity and partly in the user device.
- the system [300] is configured for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path, with the help of the interconnection between the components/units of the system [300],
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] is an artificial-intelligence based engine trained based on a historical statistical data.
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] is in communication with the SCP [306], and the SCP [306] is configured to: identify the network traffic between the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt] ; identify a predetermined traffic route path based on the network traffic between the first node [300f] and the target node [300t] ; identify the set of traffic route paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [300t]; and provide to the SCP-pAI engine [301], the set of traffic route paths.
- the fetching unit [302] is configured to fetch a set of network statistics data associated with each path from a set of traffic route paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [300t] .
- the set of network statistics data comprises at least one of a network statistics associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths, a performance statistics associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths and a system statistics associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths.
- the network statistics is at least one of a round trip time (RTT) statistics associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths, an available bandwidth statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths;
- the performance statistics is at least a current load statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths;
- the system statistics is at least one of a Random-access memory (RAM) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, a Central processing unit (CPU) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, and a storage utilisation statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- RTT round trip time
- the performance statistics is at least a current load statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths
- the system statistics is at least one of a Random-access memory (RAM) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, a Central processing unit (CPU) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, and a storage utilisation statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic
- the identification unit [303] is connected to the fetching unit [302], The identification unit [303] is configured to identify one or more time efficient paths between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [300t] based on the set of network statistics data. In order to identify the one or more time efficient paths between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] , the identification unit [303] is further configured to generate a sorted set of traffic route paths based on sorting the set of traffic route paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt] in a predefined order. It is further noted that the predefined order is based on the one or more network statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- the identification unit [303] is further configured to determine at least one of the current load statistics associated with the each path from the sorted set of traffic route paths, a maximum supported traffic load associated with the each path from the sorted set of traffic route paths and a traffic requirement of at least one of the first node [300f] and the target node [300t]. And, the identification unit [303] is further configured to identify the one or more time efficient paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt] based on at least the maximum supported traffic load associated with the each path from the set of sorted set of traffic route paths. The identification unit [303] is further configured to identify a latency fluctuation associated with one or more traffic route paths from the set of traffic route paths. The alert unit [307] is configured to generate one or more alerts based on the identified latency fluctuation.
- the determination unit [304] is connected to the identification unit [303], and the determination unit [304] is configured to determine a target time efficient path from the one or more time- efficient paths between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] based on the set of network statistics data.
- the determination unit [304] is further configured to compute a latency associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- the target time efficient path from the one or more time-efficient paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt] is determined by the determination unit [304] based on the latency associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- the routing unit [305] is connected to the determination unit [304], and the routing unit [305] is configured to automatically facilitate routing of the network traffic between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] via the target time efficient path. It is important to note that the routing unit [305] is configured to automatically facilitate routing based on initiating by the SCP- pAI engine [301], an update registration procedure to update one or more registrations details associated with the network traffic and the predetermined traffic route path between the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt].
- the transceiver unit [308] of the system [300] is configured to transmit to the SCP engine [306], a trigger to update the one or more registrations details; and re-register, to the controller [309], the one or more registrations details based on the trigger.
- the controller [309] is configured to: send to a Network repository Function (NRF) [310], an update registration request, and send a broadcast message comprising the one or more registrations details to all SCPs [306], Also, to perform the update registration procedure, the NRF [310] is configured to send to at least one of the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt] , the one or more registrations details.
- NRF Network repository Function
- FIG. 4 an exemplary method flow diagram [400] for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path, in accordance with exemplary implementations of the present disclosure is shown.
- the method [400] is performed by the system [300], Further, in an implementation, the system [300] may be present in a server device to implement the features of the present disclosure. Also, as shown in Figure 4, the method [400] starts at step [402] .
- the method [400] comprises fetching, by a fetching unit [302], at a Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence (SCP-pAI) engine [301], a set of statistics data associated with each path from a set of traffic route paths between a first node [3 OOf] and a target node [3 OOt] .
- SCP-pAI Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] is an artificial-intelligence based engine trained based on a historical statistical data.
- the method [400] comprises identifying, by an identification unit [303], at the SCP-pAI engine [301], one or more time -efficient paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt] based on the set of network statistics data.
- the set of network statistics data comprises at least one of a network statistic associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths, a performance statistic associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths and a system statistics associated with each path of the set of traffic route paths.
- the network statistics is at least one of a round trip time (RTT) statistics associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths, an available bandwidth statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, wherein the performance statistics is at least a current load statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, and wherein the system statistics is at least one of a Random-access memory (RAM) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, a Central processing unit (CPU) statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths, and a storage utilisation statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- RTT round trip time
- RAM Random-access memory
- CPU Central processing unit
- the method further comprises step of generating, by the identification unit [303], a sorted set of traffic route paths based on sorting the set of traffic route paths between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] in a predefined order, wherein the predefined order is based on the network statistics associated with the each path from the set of traffic route paths; step of determining, by the identification unit [303], at least one of the current load statistics associated with the each path from the sorted set of traffic route paths, a maximum supported traffic load associated with the each path from the sorted set of traffic route paths and a traffic requirement of at least one of the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt]; and step of identifying, by the identification unit [303], the one or more time efficient paths between the
- the method [400] comprises determining, by a determination unit [304], at the SCP-pAI engine [301], a target time efficient paths from the one or more time-efficient paths between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] based on the set of statistics data.
- the method [400] comprises automatically facilitating, routing at the SCP- pAI engine [301], by a routing unit [305], of the network traffic between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [300t] via the target time efficient path. It is to be noted that the automatically facilitating routing of the network traffic between the first node [300f] and the target node [3 OOt] via the target time efficient path is further based on initiating, by the SCP-pAI engine [301], an update registration procedure to update one or more registrations details associated with the network traffic and the predetermined traffic route path between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [300t].
- the update registration procedure comprises transmitting, by a transceiver unit [308], to the SCP [306], a trigger to update the one or more registrations details; and re-registering, to a controller [309], the one or more registrations details based on the trigger.
- the update registration procedure further comprises sending, by the controller [309], to a Network repository Function (NRF) [310], an update Registration request; and sending, by the controller [309], a broadcast message comprising the one or more registrations details to all SCPs [306], It is further important to note that the update registration procedure further comprises sending by the NRF [310] to at least one of the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] , the one or more registrations details.
- NRF Network repository Function
- the method further comprises the step of identifying, by the service communication proxy (SCP) [306], the network traffic between the first node [300f] and the target node [300t].
- the method further comprises the step of identifying, by the SCP [306], a predetermined traffic route path based on the network traffic between the first node [300f] and the target node [300t].
- the method further comprises the step of identifying, by the SCP [306], the set of traffic route paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [300t].
- the method further comprises the step of providing, by the SCP [306], to the SCP-pAI engine [301], the set of traffic route paths.
- the method further comprises computing a latency associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths, and wherein the target time efficient path from the one or more time-efficient paths between the first node [300f] and the target node [300t] is determined by the determination unit [304] based on the latency associated with each path from the set of traffic route paths.
- the method further comprises the step of identifying, by the identification unit [303], at the SCP-pAI engine [301], a latency fluctuation associated with one or more traffic route paths from the set of traffic route paths; and generating, by an alert unit [307], at the SCP-pAI engine [301], one or more alerts based on the identified latency fluctuation.
- the present disclosure further discloses a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path, the instructions include executable code which, when executed by a one or more units of a system [300] having a Service Communication Proxy performance automated intelligence (SCP-pAI) engine [301], causes: a fetching unit [302] to fetch a set of network statistics data associated with each path from a set of traffic route paths between a first node [3 OOf] and a target node [300t]; an identification unit [303] to identify one or more time efficient paths between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] based on the set of network statistics data; a determination unit [304] to determine a target time efficient path from the one or more time efficient paths between the first node [3 OOf] and the target node [3 OOt] based on the a set of network statistics data; and a routing unit [305] to automatically facilitate routing
- the system [500] comprises at least one consumer NF/ NF consumer [510], a plurality of SCP egress / SCPEgress [520], a plurality of SCPIngress [530]; and one or more producer NF/ NF producer [540],
- the at least one consumer NF/ NF consumer, plurality of SCP egress / SCPEgress [520], a plurality of SCPIngress [530]; and the one or more producer NF/ NF producer [540] are located at one or more locations, each of the aforementioned units can be at one single location or spread across various locations.
- the plurality of SCPEgress [520] intercepts outgoing messages and encrypts outgoing messages before sending them to the plurality of SCPIngress [530],
- the plurality of SCPIngress [530] intercepts incoming messages and decrypts incoming messages before sending them to the one or more producer NF/ NF producers [540],
- all of the components/ units of the system [500] are assumed to be connected to each other unless otherwise indicated below.
- the system [500] may comprise multiple such units or the system [500] may comprise any such numbers of said units, as required to implement the features of the present disclosure.
- the system [500] may reside in a server or a network entity.
- the at least one NF consumer [510] and the plurality of NF producer [540] of the system [500] are configured to receive data from one or more sources.
- the one or more sources may include clientbased network functions, local servers, cloud-based servers and the like.
- trafficbased data, signal data, request data, user data may be received from the Network Functions at the client level.
- the data associated with pattern of traffic, historical data, occurrence of events that impact the traffic at the network and the like may be received from the network functions, local servers and the cloud-based servers.
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] (as shown in Fig. 3), in the system [500] is configured to analyse the received data, using Machine Learning based techniques, to identify and recommend a best possible route to reroute the traffic load at the Network level.
- the system [500] is configured for providing a trained model for intelligent route recommendation in a cellular communication, with the help of the interconnection between the components/units of the system [500],
- a cellular connection when the at least one NF consumer [510] tries to communicate with the one or more NF producer [540] via the plurality of SCPEgress [50] and the plurality of SCPIngress [530],
- the system [500] via the SCP-pAI engine [301] analyses various factors such as latency factor, load factor, bandwidth factor, etc. between the plurality of SCPEgress [50] and the plurality of SCPIngress [530] to analyze a best possible route for the system [500] to distribute the traffic load intelligently.
- the system [500] generates an alert to reroute the traffic load from the at least NF consumer [510] to the one or more NF producers [540],
- the decision to reroute of traffic load can be taken manually by the designated person such a network administrator or automatically by the trained model.
- the SCP proxies i.e., SCPEgress [520] and the plurality of SCPIngress [530]
- at regular interval determine the current network, performance & system statistics.
- the network statistics/ factors may include RTT (Round trip time), available bandwidth, performance statistics may include current load (TPS), system statistics may include RAM, CPU, storage utilizations.
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] fetches the data from these SCP proxies at regular interval. The interval depends upon operator policy.
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] stores the data in a storage/ memory unit (not shown).
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] involves the various steps of computing various possible network path(s) and latency associated with each of the network path; sorting the paths in order, for e.g., say [Pl, P2, P3, P4] and each path will have its maximum supported load say [LI, L2, L3, L4] (not shown); based on load capacity supported by each path and traffic requirement of each NF type, it will route the network traffic. Also, the highest network traffic will be assigned least latency path Pl.
- the SCP-pAI engine [301] compares computed time efficient path with current path in case of mismatch. Based on operator Policy, the SCP-pAI engine [301] automatically diverts traffic to time efficient path by triggering SCP proxies to update its registration details. The SCP-pAI engine [301], based on traffic pattern, triggers the SCP proxies to update its registration data.
- the required inputs may include supported NF types, supported public land mobile network (PLMN), supported slice, locality.
- the SCP proxies on receiving trigger from the SCP-pAI engine [301], re-registers with updated data to a controller [309] (as shown in Fig. 3).
- the controller [309] on receiving updated registration from the SCP proxies, sends updated registration data to NRF [120] (as shown in Fig. 1) and broadcast the updated registration data to all SCP proxies.
- the NRF [120] can then notify subscriber NFs of the changes.
- the present disclosure provides a technically advanced solution for automatically diverting a network traffic to a time efficient path and for providing the trained model for intelligent route recommendation in a cellular communication.
- the present solution provides: a stable and smoothly running network connection; an intelligent and trained model for stable and smoothly running route for establishing connection for communication; improved connectivity; improved bandwidth allocation; cost-effective solution for rerouting of the traffic load; time -efficient solution for rerouting of the traffic load.
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