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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Giuseppe Celozzi, Naples, IT;
Luca Baldini, Rome, IT;
Daniele Gaito, Naples, IT;
Gaetano Patria, San Prisco, IT;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/717 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 41/0672 (2013.01); H04L 41/0681 (2013.01); H04L 41/0686 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for resolving a link failure occurring on a link between a first virtualized network function, VNF, and a second VNF provided in a cloud computing environment is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by the first VNF and comprises receiving a link failure notification comprising link recovery status information indicating a current recovery status of the link, and triggering an action depending on the link recovery status information to resolve the link failure.