公开(公告)号：US20190222521A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16336998

申请日：2016-09-30

Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY

Inventor： Hannu FLINCK ,  Janne Einari TUONONEN ,  Ville Petteri POYHONEN

IPC: H04L12/813 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04L12/851

CPC classification number: H04L47/20 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/50 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/64 ,  H04L47/24 ,  H04L47/2441 ,  H04L69/22

Abstract: A service function chain including service functions which process user plane packets is controlled by providing (S21) a shared context comprising rules and policies for processing the user plane packets, the shared context being shared between the service functions of the service function chain, reading (S22) the shared context, and adjusting (S23) traffic flow across the service function chain based on the rules and policies associated with the read shared context.