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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sachin Thakkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhinav Vijay Bhagwat, Pune, IN;
Weiqing Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Serge Maskalik, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Uday Suresh Masurekar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of deploying a network service across a plurality of data centers, includes the steps of: in response to a request for or relating to a network service, identifying virtual network functions associated with the network service and determining network connectivity requirements of the virtual network functions, issuing commands to provision a virtual link between at least two of the data centers in which the virtual network functions are to be deployed.