Patent · US Active

System and method of lightweight decentralized NFV orchestration

US10761896B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Chiajen Tsai · Cupertino, US
Ganesh Sundaram · Santa Clara, US
Muthumayan Madhayyan · Sunnyvale, US
Chunhui Wong · Santa Clara, US
Larry T. Chang · Saratoga, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 11, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/03
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a network functions virtualization infrastructure can be managed in a decentralized fashion. A front end can receive a request to provision a virtualized network function. The front end can create service descriptors for the request according to the virtualized network function, the service descriptors comprising a hierarchy of information elements organized based on distributed back-end agents operable to provision and manage the virtualized network function. The front end can store the service descriptors in a distributed data store.

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