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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ignacio Más Ivars, Tullinge, SE;
Andras Vajda, Sundsberg, FI;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method and a control node () for establishing network functions for processing data packets of a data flow from a delivering node () to a receiving node () over a communication network (). The control node identifies () flow characteristics relating to the data flow and determines () a succession of network functions () in the network for processing the data packets, based on the identified flow characteristics. The network functions () are then instructed (-) to forward the data packets in the data flow according to the determined succession. The sequence of network functions specifies a service chain. The controller uses OpenFlow. Network functions are dynamically relocated based on network conditions.