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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventor:
Aung Htay, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
A workloads management method for on-demand applications in distributed Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (dNFVI) includes receiving usage data from a unikernel implementing one or more functions of a plurality of functions related to a Virtual Network Function (VNF); determining an update to the one or more functions in the unikernel based on the usage data; updating the unikernel by requesting generation of application code for the unikernel based on the update; and starting the updated unikernel and redirecting service requests thereto. The unikernel and the updated unikernel are executed directly on a hypervisor