公开(公告)号：US20180309824A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US15769357

申请日：2015-10-19

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Georgios GKELLAS ,  Carlos MANZANARES SANCHO ,  Szabolcs Csaba DEAK

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L12/24

CPC classification number: H04L67/1031 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F2009/4557 ,  G06F2009/45595 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L67/32

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are described by which a virtual network function is instantiated, wherein the virtual network function comprises at least one virtual network function component, each virtual network function component being described by a virtual deployment unit, and at least one virtual deployment unit being indicated as an inactive virtual deployment unit, wherein upon instantiating a virtual network function, only a virtual network function component is instantiated which is not described by an inactive deployment unit when instantiating the virtual network function.