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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Bozidar Radunovic, Cambridge, GB;
Matthew John Balkwill, Townbridge, GB;
Noel Andrew Bainbridge, Cambridge, GB;
Yongguang Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Antonios Katsarakis, Edinburgh, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A reliable network function virtualization (rVNF) system includes a virtualized network function (VNF) application instance that includes a plurality of physical VNF instances. A load balancer provides an interface between a client and the VNF application instance. A load balancer interface facilitates delivery of packets related to a particular user context to the same physical VNF instance. A communication interface facilitates communication between the client and the VNF application instance. Application storage stores session data associated with the VNF application instance.