Cross Reference To Related Applications

This application claims the benefit of PCT/EP2014/070838, filed Sep. 29, 2014, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.

BACKGROUND

Defining the processes to provision a complex service, such as a network and/or communications service, can typically be a very complicated task, particularly when considering the processes to perform all possible modifications of such services. For example, activating a physical network function may take months or years; similarly, migrating a service from one platform to another may take years and in certain cases may never be satisfactorily completed. In these cases, a speed of the provisioning process is typically dependent on the speed physical network devices can be procured and installed, which may be days, weeks, or months.

