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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Charles I. Cook, Louisville, CO (US);
Michael K. Bugenhagen, Leawood, KS (US);
Kevin M. McBride, Lone Tree, CO (US);
Andrew V. Cook, Sheldon, IA (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing network enhanced gateway functionality, and, in particular embodiments, for implementing network enhanced gateway functionality using network functions virtualization ('NFV') and/or software defined networks ('SDNs'). In some embodiments, a network switch, which is disposed within a gateway device, might route network traffic to a host computing system, at least a portion of the network traffic being originally directed to a client device via a corresponding client port among a plurality of client ports. Based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the at least a portion of the network traffic, the host computing system selects one or more virtual network functions (“VNFs”), which are then sent to the host computing system via the network switch. According to some embodiments, the network switch and the host computing system are under control of a NFV entity and/or a SDN controller.