Centurylink Intellectual Property LLC

John McManus

Kevin Michael McBride

William O'Brien, Jr

Charles Ivan Cook

Michael J Fargano

Carl Matthew Olson

Aaron Jones

Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing interconnection gateway and/or hub functionalities between two or more network functions virtualization ('NFV') entities that are located in different networks. In some embodiments, a NFV interconnection gateway ('NFVIG') might receive a set of network interconnection information from each of two or more sets of NFV entities, each set of NFV entities being located within a network separate from the networks in which the other sets of NFV entities are located. The NFVIG might be located in one of these networks. The NFVIG might abstract each set of network interconnection information, and might establish one or more links between the two or more sets of NFV entities, based at least in part on the abstracted sets of network interconnection information. The NFVIG might provide access to one or more virtualized network functions (&#x201c;VNFs&#x201d;) via the one or more links.

Network functions virtualization interconnection gateway

Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing intent-based network services orchestration. In some embodiments, a computing system might receive, over a network, a request for network services from a customer. The request for network services might include desired performance parameters for the requested network services, without information regarding any of specific hardware, specific hardware type, specific location, or specific network for providing the requested network services. The computing system might allocate network resources from one or more networks, based at least in part on the desired performance parameters. Based on a determination that at least one network can no longer provide at least one network resource having the desired performance parameters, the computing system might allocate at least one other network resource from at least one second network, based at least in part on network performance metrics, and based at least in part on the desired performance parameters.

Intent-based services orchestration

Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing interconnection gateway and/or hub functionalities. In some embodiments, a network functions virtualization ('NFV') interconnection gateway or hub ('NFVIG' or &#x201c;NFVIH&#x201d;) might receive a set of network interconnection information from each of one or more sets of NFV entities and/or one or more sets of NFV-based customer devices, each set being located within a network separate from the networks in which the other sets are located. The NFVIG or NFVIH might be located within one of these networks or within a separate external network. The NFVIG or NFVIH might abstract each set of network interconnection information, and might establish one or more links among the sets of NFV entities and/or the sets of NFV-based customer devices based on such abstraction. The NFVIG or NFVIH might provide access to one or more virtualized network functions (&#x201c;VNFs&#x201d;) via the one or more links.

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