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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Uwe Horn, Aachen, DE;
Branko Djordjevic, Herzogenrath, DE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The application relates to Network Function Virtualisation as standardised by ETSI GS NFV002 VI.2.1. The standard provides for dynamic instantiation and management of VNF instances. When using base stations as platforms on which VNFs can be instantiated, it has to be decided how this is done in an efficient way. The application proposes that in case a UE moves from an area covered by a source base station () to an area covered by a target base station (), at least one VNF () is deployed on the target base station. This VNF may be a clone of a VNF () hosted by the source bases station.