Future Wei Technologies, Inc.

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Prakash Ramchandran

Ulas C Kozat

Kaippallimalil Mathew John

Farhad P Sunavala

Hongbo Tian

Houxiao Han

Mark Huang

Mehdi Frederic Sif

Honglin Li

Galen Kim Davis

Ulas Can Kozat

It is possible to dynamically configure buffers in network devices by sending software defined network (SDN) instructions to a Control-to-Data-Plane Interface (CDPI) agents on the network devices. An SDN instruction may instruct a CDPI agent to configure a buffer in a network device to store a specific type of traffic flow in accordance with a traffic handling policy. In some embodiments, the SDN instruction instructs the CDPI Agent to directly configure a buffer by, for example, associating a virtual port with a new/existing buffer, binding a virtual port associated with the buffer to a switch, and/or installing a flow control rule in a flow table of the switch. In other embodiments, the SDN instruction may instruct the CDPI agent to reconfigure the buffer by transitioning the buffer to a different state.

Method and apparatus for programmable buffers in mobile networks

In one embodiment, a method for mobile network function virtualization (MNFV) includes creating an evolved packet core (EPC) cluster and associating a sub-network with the EPC cluster. The method also includes booting a virtual machine (VM) and attaching the VM to the EPC.

System and method for mobile network function virtualization

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Prakash Ramchandran