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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Ying Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Neda Beheshti-Zavareh, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5045 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method and apparatus for placing services in a network. The network and a set of services to be placed within the network are defined. A set of requirements for a plurality of subscribers is determined. Each requirement is a sequence of services to traverse for each subscriber. The services are placed such that a total delay or total distance is minimized for all subscribers.