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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Shinozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Yabushita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 9/50 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/50 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45562 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a server that comprises a virtualization layer in which a hardware resource is virtualized, and a virtualization control apparatus. The virtualization control apparatus requests first information regarding the hardware resource to the server, registers second information corresponding to the first information acquired from the server, and uses the second information to control a network function (Virtual Network Function: VNF) implemented and virtualized by software operating on a virtual machine implemented on the virtualization layer.