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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventor:

Martin Julien, Montreal, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/78 (2022.01); H04L 47/762 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/781 (2013.01); H04L 47/762 (2013.01); H04L 47/803 (2013.01); H04L 47/822 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for offloading network operations is described. The method includes receiving an offload service capabilities request message from a first application to request information from an offload service regarding capabilities of the offload service that meet a set of requirements; transmitting a response to the application that includes a set of offload service templates that are (1) selected based on the application requirements and (2) possible templates to be modified for performing operations of the application; evaluating the network resources for the program code of the application to select a set of network resources for offloading the operations of the first application to the network resources; and installing the program code, which was generated based on a set of offload service templates, on the set of network resources such that the set of network resources process packets from a second application that are addressed to the first application.


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