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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Sumanta Saha, Espoo, FI;
Erkki Juhani Hietala, Espoo, FI;
Jani Olavi Söderlund, Vantaa, FI;
Niko Markus Savolainen, Kerava, FI;
Tommy Johannes Lindgren, Espoo, FI;
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for service offloading in a communications system, the method comprising determining, in a network apparatus, whether a traffic flow has been properly classified by a deep packet inspection virtual machine. If the traffic flow has been properly classified by the deep packet inspection virtual machine, the method comprises instructing a software defined networking controller to stop sending further packets of said traffic flow to the deep packet inspection virtual machine.