Facilitating mobility as a service in fifth generation (5g) or other advanced networks

Abstract

Facilitating mobility as a service in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, a group of characteristics of a device. The method also can comprise enabling, by the system, a mobility management function as a mobility microservice. Further, the method can comprise activating, by the system, microservices of a group of microservices, comprising the mobility microservice, based on the group of characteristics of the device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:   performing at least one action from a group of actions, the group of actions comprising:
 enabling a first subgroup of microservices for a device, wherein the first subgroup of microservices is selected from a group of services based on a condition of the device satisfying a first condition; and 
 enabling a second subgroup of microservices for the device, wherein the second subgroup of microservices is selected from the group of services based on the condition of the device satisfying a second condition, 
   wherein the second condition comprises an application executing on the device and a detected movement of the device,   wherein the application updates with a frequency that is less than a defined threshold frequency, and   wherein the enabling of the second subgroup of microservices comprises enabling a mobility management function as a microservice that comprises a mobility management microservice.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein a session management microservice is not enabled. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first condition comprises a stationary configuration of the device, and wherein the enabling of the first subgroup of microservices comprises:
 enabling the mobility management microservice; and   enabling a routing microservice.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the stationary configuration of the device is determined not to trigger a handover event. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second condition comprises a mobility capability and the detected movement of the device, and wherein the enabling of the second subgroup of microservices comprises:
 enabling the mobility management microservice, a session management microservice, a session internet protocol address assignment microservice, and a routing microservice.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the session management microservice is configured to facilitate an association between a virtual internet protocol address and a physical internet protocol address of the device. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the enabling of the second subgroup of microservices further comprises:
 enabling mobility management microservices for radio access technology handovers configured to facilitate movement of the device from a first access technology to a second access technology.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second condition comprises an expected handover of the device from a neighbor network device of a neighbor network to a network device of a network associated with the group of actions. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the application that updates with the frequency is a first application that updates with a first frequency, and wherein the first condition comprises:
 a second application, which updates with a second frequency that is more than the defined threshold frequency, executing on the device, and   the detected movement of the device.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 enabling the mobility management function as a service overlaid on a multitude of networks.   
     
     
         11 . A method, comprising:
 disabling, by a system comprising a processor, a mobility management function of a network, wherein the disabling comprises overlaying the mobility management function, as a microservice, on a multitude of networks, and wherein the mobility management function is included in a group of microservices offered via the network; and   activating, by the system, microservices of the group of microservices, comprising the microservice.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein activating the microservices of the group of microservices comprises activating, by the system, the microservices of the group of microservices based on a characteristic of a device. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the activating of the microservices of the group of microservices comprises activating a routing microservice based on a determination that a group of characteristics, comprising the characteristic of the device, comprises a stationary characteristic of the device. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the group of characteristics further comprises a mobility capability characteristic that indicates the device is capable of movement and a non-handover characteristic that indicates a handover event will not be triggered based on the stationary characteristic of the device. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the stationary characteristic is a temporary condition of the device, prior to movement of the device. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12  wherein a group of characteristics, comprising the characteristic of the device, comprises a handover characteristic that indicates a handover event trigger, and wherein the activating of the microservices of the group of microservices comprises:
 activating a mobility management microservice, a session management microservice, a session internet protocol address assignment microservice, and a routing microservice; and 
 activating mobility management microservices for radio access technology handovers configured to facilitate movement of the device from a first access technology to a second access technology. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the session management microservice is configured to facilitate an association between a virtual internet protocol address and a physical internet protocol address of the device. 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 disabling mobility management, wherein the disabling comprises overlaying the mobility management, as a microservice, on multiple networks, and wherein the mobility management is included in services offered by a network of the multiple networks; and   enabling a microservice for a user device.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the microservice comprises a mobility microservice for the user device or a routing microservice. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein a mobility condition of the user device is a mobile condition that results in triggering a network node connection transfer event, and wherein the operations further comprise:
 enabling a session management microservice and a session internet protocol address assignment microservice; and   enabling radio access technology configured to facilitate movement of the user device from a first access technology to a second access technology.