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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11757696 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2018

Methods for defining a network service descriptor (nsd) for a network service (ns), and network functions virtualization (nfv) orchestrator (nfvo) using said nsd

Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Maria Toeroe, Montreal, CA;

Haibin Chu, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:

TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;

Attorney:

Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Kamal B Divecha

Assistant Examiner:

Alex H Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0233 (2022.01); H04L 41/044 (2022.01); H04L 41/046 (2022.01); H04L 41/5041 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0233 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2013.01); H04L 41/044 (2013.01); H04L 41/046 (2013.01); H04L 41/5045 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

There are provided methods for defining a Network Service Descriptor (NSD) for a Network Service (NS), and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Orchestrator (NFVO) using said NSD. The NSD comprises zero, one or more of each of: a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Descriptor (VNFD), a Physical Network Function (PNF) Descriptor (PNFD), a Network Service Descriptor (NSD), a Virtual Link (VL) Descriptor (VLD), and a VNF Forwarding Graph Descriptor (VNFFGD). One method comprising the step of defining at least one Connection Points (CP) Profile, wherein the CP Profile is referenced through a cpProfileId in a Network Forwarding Path Descriptor (NFPD) attribute of the VNFFGD, the CP Profile specifying a Connection Point Descriptor (CPD) or Service Access Point Descriptor (SAPD) for a given VnfProfile, PnfProfile or NsProfile.

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