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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Haitao Xia, Beijing, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A containerized virtualised network function (VNF) deployment method and a related device are disclosed. The disclosed method, implemented by a VNF manager (VNFM), includes receiving a first VNF instantiation request from a network functions virtualisation orchestrator (NFVO), where the first VNF instantiation request carries a first VNF instance identifier and a first virtualised network function descriptor (VNFD) identifier. The method further includes determining a container object package identifier referenced by a VNFD identified by the first VNFD identifier, sending a container object package management request to a container management entity, and receiving a container object package management response, which indicates that a container object instance in a container object package is successfully created, from the container management entity. Furthermore, the method includes creating a VNF instance identified by the first VNF instance identifier, and maintaining a mapping relationship between the first VNF instance identifier and the container object package identifier.