Managing devices in an IoT environment. A method includes, as a result of a device being provisioned by a special-purpose solution, storing at a central unified registry a correlation of the device and the given special purpose solution. The method further includes correlating the device to a different special-purpose solution at the unified registry. As a result, the method further includes causing subsequent configuration of the device to be performed by the different special-purpose solution.

Examples relate to a system comprising a cluster of worker nodes communicatively connected to a control plane. The control plane includes a first control switch and a second control switch. The control switches are configured with a virtual IP address. The IP address is associated with a control switch operating in an active mode. The control switches communicate with a cluster of worker nodes via the virtual IP address. A single instance of a key-value database is deployed on one of the first control switch and the second control switch that is operating in active mode, and the first control switch and the second control switch are functionally coupled by a distributed block system for data synchronization.

In one particular example, a data communications system addresses changes in server load and/or connection latency in connection with data communication services provided through DNS master and slave servers. The system provides dynamic information routing, via a set of DNS master servers being in a multi-master configuration and including a first master DNS server and a second master DNS server, and consistency of DNS records is established between the master servers. Subsequently, the first DNS master server enters into an isolation mode in which updates are not communicated via the network. A set of isolation rules, which indicate how DNS records are to be updated in a communications network, are accessed and used in response to the network connections becoming reliable and the first master server updates the DNS records according to the rules, thereby establishing consistency between the first and the second DNS master servers.

In one particular example, a data communications system addresses changes in server load and/or connection latency in connection with data communication services provided through DNS master and slave servers. The system provides dynamic information routing, via a set of DNS master servers being in a multi-master configuration and including a first master DNS server and a second master DNS server, and consistency of DNS records is established between the master servers. Subsequently, the first DNS master server enters into an isolation mode in which updates are not communicated via the network. A set of isolation rules, which indicate how DNS records are to be updated in a communications network, are accessed and used in response to the network connections becoming reliable and the first master server updates the DNS records according to the rules, thereby establishing consistency between the first and the second DNS master servers.

The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for service based architecture (SBA) for data analytics management (DAM). Configuration specifications are provided for configuring DAM entities for infrastructure management by infrastructure managers (InfMs), customer service managers (CSMs) for network slice subnet instance (NSSI), network slice instance (NSI) and service instance (SI) management, content and forwarding managers (CFM) for content and content cache management. Also provided are methods and apparatus for data analytics service provisioning regardless of DAM architecture.

The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for service based architecture (SBA) for data analytics management (DAM). Configuration specifications are provided for configuring DAM entities for infrastructure management by infrastructure managers (InfMs), customer service managers (CSMs) for network slice subnet instance (NSSI), network slice instance (NSI) and service instance (SI) management, content and forwarding managers (CFM) for content and content cache management. Also provided are methods and apparatus for data analytics service provisioning regardless of DAM architecture.

A method includes receiving a plurality of configurations comprising a first configuration for provisioning a first set of network services at a first resource of an edge device and a second configuration for provisioning a second set of network services at the first resource, a first configuration group identifier identifying a configuration group for the first configuration, and a first network performance parameter for the configuration group. The method further includes determining a performance factor for the first resource providing the first set of network services to one or more client devices. The method further includes, in response to determining that the performance factor does not satisfy the first network performance parameter for the configuration group and that the first configuration group identifier identifies the configuration group for the first configuration, moving the first configuration from the first resource to a second resource of the edge device.

Various example embodiments for supporting communications management may be configured to support communications management for an operations technology (OT) domain that uses an associated network domain for supporting communications of the OT domain. Various example embodiments for supporting communications management for an OT domain that uses an associated network domain for supporting communications of the OT domain may be configured to support such communications management based on slice management capabilities. Various example embodiments for supporting communications management for an OT domain that uses an associated network domain for supporting communications of the OT domain, based on slice management capabilities, may be configured to support such communications management based on support for slice configuration across the OT domain and the network domain.

The disclosure relates to a network function for supporting end-to-end communication services in a communication network, wherein the communication network comprises a first management system for managing a 3GPP 5G subnetwork and a second management system for managing a 3GPP legacy subnetwork and/or a non-3GPP subnetwork. The network function provides an interface between the first management system and the second management system. The first management system and/or the second management system comprises a plurality of network management functions and/or network management function instances. The network function also selects one or more of the plurality of network management functions and or network management function instances in response to a service request on the basis of a load balancing requirement, a minimum latency requirement defined by the service request and/or a quality of a service requirement defined by the service request.

This application provides a data processing method and a related device, to keep data consistency between a management device and a forwarder in a multi-head management scenario. The method performed by a first management device in the plurality of management devices includes: sending a lock instruction to the forwarder; performing difference comparison between target data of the first management device and corresponding data that is on the forwarder and that corresponds to the target data to obtain a comparison result; and synchronizing the target data with the corresponding data if the first management device determines, by using the comparison result, that the target data and the corresponding data do not match, so that the target data matches the corresponding data.