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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Patrick Maguire, County Westmeath, IE;
Henrik Basilier, Stockholm, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Methods (), devices (), and systems () for managing a federated network slice () providing an extension of one or more virtual network functions () from a first network domain () to a second network domain (). One method (), by a second orchestration manager () of the second network domain (), includes accessing () a first virtual network function management component () for extension of the one or more virtual network functions () from the first network domain () to the second network domain (). The method () further includes initiating registration () of the first virtual network function management component () with a look-up service () to generate a first association between a first name of the first virtual network function management component and a first location of the first virtual network function management component in the second network domain (). The method () further includes initiating transmission () to the first network domain () of the first name of the first virtual network function management component ().