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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Miller, Derry, NH (US);
Assignee:
Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2017.12); H04L 41/12 (2021.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2012.12); H04L 41/12 (2012.12); G06F 2009/45595 (2012.12);
Abstract
A method includes, with a Virtual Network Function (VNF) component associated with a VNF, communicating with an access network over a first physical network connected to a first physical network interface of a physical machine associated with the VNF component. The method further includes, with the VNF component, communicating with a core network over a second physical network connected to a second physical network interface of the physical machine, the second network being isolated from the first network.