DEVICE-INITIATED SERVICE DEPLOYMENT THROUGH MOBILE APPLICATION PACKAGING

One disclosed method includes loading, at a mobile device, a mobile application package from a repository, where the mobile application package contains local application information including local application components and service deployment information. The method further includes (i) extracting, by a package installer on the mobile device, from the mobile application package, the local application information and the service deployment information, (ii) installing, with the package installer, the local application components on the mobile device, (iii) transmitting, from the mobile device to a remote node in a Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) infrastructure, image information to initiate a service deployment, and (iv) and receiving a result of the service deployment at the mobile device.