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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Simon Patrick Alexander Ringland, London, GB;
Francis James Scahill, London, GB;
Richard Joseph Evenden, London, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
In a network of data devices having routing functions, a controller within the network core is arranged to monitor the status and capabalities of each data device and to check for the availability of network functions which alter the capabilities of the data devices. The controller changes the configuration of the data devices to gain the new functionality, or alters the routing behavior so that certain control data packets are forwarded to a function processor which performs processing on behalf of the data devices in a proxy manner. The function processor provides virtual functions to the data devices.