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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John J. Browne, Limerick, IE;
Timothy Verrall, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Maryam Tahhan, Limerick, IE;
Michael J. McGrath, Cavan, IE;
Sean Harte, Limerick, IE;
Kevin Devey, Cork, IE;
Jonathan Kenny, Tipperary, IE;
Christopher MacNamara, Limerick, IE;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform; and an interworking broker function (IBF) hosted on the hardware platform, the IBF including a translation driver (TD) associated with a legacy network appliance lacking native interoperability with an orchestrator, the IBF configured to: receive from the orchestrator a network function provisioning or configuration command for the legacy network appliance; operate the TD to translate the command to a format consumable by the legacy network appliance; and forward the command to the legacy network appliance.