At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

University of Minnesota

Joshua Reich

Vijay Gopalakrishnan

Bo Han

Zhi-Li Zhang

Aman M Shaikh

Muhammad Bilal Anwer

Yang Zhang

Zihui Ge

Shuai Hao

Matthew Osinski

Sumit Maheshwari

The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to parallelism for virtual network functions ('VNFs') in service function chains ('SFCs'). According to one aspect, a packet processing system can receive instructions to process, in parallel, at least a portion of a plurality of data packets associated with an SFC including a plurality of VNFs. The system can create a copy of at least the portion of the data packets. The system can send the copy of at least the portion of the data packets to at least two VNFs. The at least two VNFs can process, in parallel, the copy of at least the portion of the data packets. The system can receive, from the at least two VNFs, processed packets including the copy of at least the portion of the data packets and processed, in parallel, by the at least two VNFs. The system can combine the processed packets.

Parallelism for virtual network functions in service function chains

Systems and methods for providing accurate data about the distribution of UEs after disaster include a movable eNodeB that is moved to at least three locations. The coordinates for the at least three locations are determined and the distance between the eNodeB and a plurality of UEs is measured. The location of each UE relative to the eNodeB is calculated based on the distance between the eNodeB and the plurality of UEs using trilateration. The coordinates for the UEs is then calculated based on the coordinates for the at least three locations and the determined location of the UEs relative to the eNodeB.

Systems and methods for locating user equipment during disasters

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Joshua Reich