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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arghya Mukherjee, Acton, MA (US);
Fei Gao, Kawasaki, JP;
Ahmad Said Farid, Meguro, JP;
Om Prakash Suthar, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method are provided to derive Virtual Network Function (VNF) infrastructure and networking requirements from the virtual network function descriptor and network services descriptor definitions (extended). This results in a fully automated system for VIM creation and VNF onboarding in order to prepare the infrastructure for VNF instantiation.