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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Ana Cristina Bernardo de Oliveira, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Anselmo Luiz Éden Battisti, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Arthur Albuquerque Zopellaro Soares, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Débora Christina Muchaluat Saade, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Evandro Luiz Cardoso Macedo, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Flávia Coimbra Delicato, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Juan Lucas do Rosário Vieira, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Marina Ivanov Pereira Josué, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Paulo de Figueiredo Pires, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Placing virtual network functions (VNFs) in nodes of an infrastructure are disclosed. A request for services may identify a series of VNFs. Requests may be grouped by time windows such that all requests in a time window are placed together. Placing the requests includes identifying which nodes host which VNFs. Some of the VNFs may already exist in the infrastructure. Placing the requests may include generating a placement plan that accounts, for example, for available resources, links in the infrastructure, node restrictions, service level agreements, quality of service requirements, and user priorities. Once generated, the plan is executed. Chains of VNFs can be replaced when service degrades or based on user location.