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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Rajendra Prasad Kodaypak, Sammamish, WA (US);
Vikram Seenappa, Sammamish, WA (US);
Terry Figurelle, Redmond, WA (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a virtual network function in a visited network are disclosed. For example, the method receives an attach request or a handover for a user endpoint device, determines a home network for the user endpoint device, receives a profile of the user endpoint device, determines a policy for providing a service to the user endpoint device in accordance with the profile, determines a set of virtual network functions needed for providing the service to the user endpoint device in accordance with the policy, grants the attach request or the handover, designates for each virtual network function of the set of virtual network functions that is needed for providing the service, a corresponding virtual network function for serving the user endpoint device at a location of the user endpoint device, and provides the service to the user endpoint device via the set of virtual network functions.