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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Michael J. Fargano, Louisville, CO (US);
Charles I. Cook, Louisville, CO (US);
Kevin M. McBride, Lone Tree, CO (US);
William O'Brien, Jr., Aurora, CO (US);
John McManus, Englewood, CO (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing interconnection gateway and/or hub functionalities between two or more network functions virtualization ('NFV') entities that are located in different networks. In some embodiments, a NFV interconnection gateway ('NFVIG') might receive a set of network interconnection information from each of two or more sets of NFV entities, each set of NFV entities being located within a network separate from the networks in which the other sets of NFV entities are located. The NFVIG might be located in one of these networks. The NFVIG might abstract each set of network interconnection information, and might establish one or more links between the two or more sets of NFV entities, based at least in part on the abstracted sets of network interconnection information. The NFVIG might provide access to one or more virtualized network functions (“VNFs”) via the one or more links.