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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an updating method, and a program that can properly update software even when a network function has a redundant configuration are provided. An information processing apparatus () includes: an information acquiring unit () configured to acquire redundant configuration information contained in network definition information from a MANO implementation apparatus performing instantiation of network functions by using the network definition information that contains the redundant configuration information being information about a redundant configuration of the network functions, and implementing MANO for the network functions; and an update control unit () configured to propose an update sequence of nodes in updating software of the nodes that execute processing for providing the network functions, based on the redundant configuration information.