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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Michael J. Fargano, Louisville, CO (US);
Charles I. Cook, Louisville, CO (US);
Kevin M. McBride, Lone Tree, CO (US);
William O'Brien, Jr., Aurora, CO (US);
John McManus, Englewood, CO (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing interconnection gateway and/or hub functionalities. In some embodiments, a network functions virtualization ('NFV') interconnection gateway or hub ('NFVIG' or “NFVIH”) might receive a set of network interconnection information from each of one or more sets of NFV entities and/or one or more sets of NFV-based customer devices, each set being located within a network separate from the networks in which the other sets are located. The NFVIG or NFVIH might be located within one of these networks or within a separate external network. The NFVIG or NFVIH might abstract each set of network interconnection information, and might establish one or more links among the sets of NFV entities and/or the sets of NFV-based customer devices based on such abstraction. The NFVIG or NFVIH might provide access to one or more virtualized network functions (“VNFs”) via the one or more links.