Method for applying a patch to a virtualized network function to be updated
US11218370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method including: identifying a set of dependent virtualised network functions included in a first virtual network, the set including at least a virtualised network function to be updated; creating a second virtual network including clones of virtual machines implementing the dependent virtualised network functions of the set; interconnecting, in the second virtual network, clones of the dependent virtualised network functions, identically to an interconnection in the first network of dependent virtualised network functions; identifying an input data packet of the dependent virtualised network functions, duplicating the packet and sending the duplicated packet to the second network; applying a patch to the clone of the virtualised network function to be updated in the second network; triggering an alert when a performance value of a dependent virtualised network function of the first virtual network differs from a performance value on the clone of the virtualised network function in the second network.
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