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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Massimo Iovene, Salerno, IT;

Francesco Mariniello, Salerno, IT;

Oliver Speks, Herzogenrath, DE;

Peter Woerndle, Herzogenrath, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/923 (2013.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/762 (2013.01); H04L 47/781 (2013.01); H04L 47/821 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Network Functions Virtualisation Management and Orchestration system, NFV-MANO, for managing resources in a Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure, NFVI, has elements (NFVO, VNFM) for orchestrating and managing virtual resources to provide a network service and has an allocation element (VIM) for managing an allocation of physical resources for the virtual resources. One of the elements for orchestrating (NFVO, VNFM), obtains () information about which of the virtual resources could be affected by a planned adjustment of the allocation, and determines an impact () of the planned adjustment on a network service, based on this information. An indication based on the impact on the network service is sent () to the allocation element (VIM), which implements the planned allocation according to the indication. This can help enable a better trade off between allocation efficiency and quality of network service.


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