Architecture for enabling fine granular service chaining
US10193984B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45575
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network device implements a method for providing a service chain in a network by instantiating services on demand using a lightning module. The lightning module provides the services as applications executed by a unikernel where the unikernel is supported by a hypervisor. The method further includes receiving authentication, administration and accounting (AAA) service authentication of a user by the lightning module, instantiating a special unikernel to monitor a session for packets from the user, and instantiating service chain unikernels identified in at least one unikernel configuration file, in response to receiving a packet from the user.
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