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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Aseem Sethi, Bangalore, IN;

Mark Andrew Denny, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5025 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 41/0604 (2022.01); H04L 41/0631 (2022.01); H04L 41/0654 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5025 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 41/0627 (2013.01); H04L 41/0631 (2013.01); H04L 41/0654 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some examples, a first virtual network function (VNF) that is part of a collection of interconnected VNFs detects a service interruption in a network that includes the collection interconnected VNFs. In response to detecting the service interruption, the first VNF sends control information to a target entity, the control information specifying an action to take to change a communication flow through the collection of interconnected VNFs.


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