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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Fang Yu, Beijing, CN;
Zhixian Xiang, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Addison, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/143 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for terminating a virtual network function (VNF) instance according to termination requirements of the VNF instance. The termination requirements may be defined in a VNF descriptor corresponding to the VNF instance. A network function virtualization (NFV) management entity may obtain the termination requirements and initiate termination of the VNF instance based on the obtained termination requirements.