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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/20 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 47/24 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01); H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A service function chain including service functions which process user plane packets is controlled by providing (S) a shared context comprising rules and policies for processing the user plane packets, the shared context being shared between the service functions of the service function chain, reading (S) the shared context, and adjusting (S) traffic flow across the service function chain based on the rules and policies associated with the read shared context.