公开(公告)号：US20180302273A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15488147

申请日：2017-04-14

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： George Dome ,  Dean Bragg ,  Chuxin Chen ,  John Ng ,  John Oetting

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L41/147 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/5025 ,  H04L41/5096 ,  H04L67/34

Abstract: A method includes receiving metadata for deploying a virtual function on a cloud network. The metadata includes a recipe, policy, and template. The method includes, based on the metadata, designing a cloud plan and a transport plan for deploying the virtual function on the cloud network to meet a forecasted demand. The method includes determining a network configuration to implement the cloud plan and the network plan based on the metadata and causing the cloud network to be configured using the network configuration. The method includes instantiating the virtual function on the configured cloud network.

公开(公告)号：US09887882B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US14737867

申请日：2015-06-12

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Robert M. Higgins ,  Mark Jeffrey Foladare ,  Dean Bragg ,  John Ng

IPC: H04L12/14 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50

CPC classification number: H04L41/12 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F2009/45591 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L43/0817 ,  H04L67/18

Abstract: A network functions virtualization (NFV) network can be configured to operate according to NFV protocols that decouple software functionality from specific hardware elements. A referent system can be provided that identifies a precise physical location of devices associated with the NFV network relative to other equipment or devices associated with the NFV network.