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Parallelism for virtual network functions in service function chains

US11038796B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US
Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

Bo Han · Bound Brook Junction, US
Muhammad Bilal Anwer · Readington, US
Vijay Gopalakrishnan · Edison, US
Aman Shaikh · Summit, US
Joshua Reich · West Hempstead, US
Yang Zhang · San Diego, US
Zhi-Li Zhang · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2019
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to parallelism for virtual network functions (“VNFs”) in service function chains (“SFCs”). According to one aspect, a packet processing system can receive instructions to process, in parallel, at least a portion of a plurality of data packets associated with an SFC including a plurality of VNFs. The system can create a copy of at least the portion of the data packets. The system can send the copy of at least the portion of the data packets to at least two VNFs. The at least two VNFs can process, in parallel, the copy of at least the portion of the data packets. The system can receive, from the at least two VNFs, processed packets including the copy of at least the portion of the data packets and processed, in parallel, by the at least two VNFs. The system can combine the processed packets.

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