DISTRIBUTED DATABASE FOR NETWORK FUNCTIONS

A network node apparatus includes a physical storage unit, a memory and a processor for executing code instructions. The memory stores a reference to or a copy of a DBMS directory indexing data elements stored in the local physical storage unit and in physical storage units associated with remote network nodes.The processor executes code instructions to:i) identify, using the DBMS directory, remote data elements stored in remote physical storage units and local data elements stored in the local physical storage unit; andii) update remote data elements according to remote function execution instructions to execute a remote network function; andiii) update local data elements according to local network function execution instructions to execute a local network function by a component of the network node apparatus.