Invention Application
- Patent Title: Method and Apparatus for Virtualized Network Function Chaining Management
- Patent Title (中): 虚拟化网络功能链管理方法与装置
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Application No.: US14629773Application Date: 2015-02-24
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Publication No.: US20160248858A1Publication Date: 2016-08-25
- Inventor: Chaoxin Qiu , Mark A. Ratcliffe , Jeffrey L. Scruggs
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08
Abstract:
A method for vNF chaining management includes receiving virtualized network function (vNF) information from a chaining client associated with a particular vNF. A service chaining catalog is updated based on the vNF information and chaining information is transmitted to peering vNFs of the particular vNF. The vNF information can indicate instantiation of a vNF and identify peering vNFs. Updates received from vNFs can be used to update the chaining catalog. Updated vNF information can then be sent to peering vNFs of the vNF which sent the update.
Public/Granted literature
- US09674639B2 Method and apparatus for virtualized network function chaining management Public/Granted day:2017-06-06
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