Intelligent distributed multi-site application placement across hybrid infrastructure
US11343161B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 4, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of deploying a network service across multiple data centers, each having a cloud management server running a cloud computing management software to provision virtual infrastructure resources thereof for a first tenant among a plurality of tenants, includes maintaining for each data center static inventory data that indicate virtual infrastructure resources that are available thereat to the first tenant, identifying, in response to a network service request for the first tenant, a virtual network function associated with the network service, generating commands to deploy the virtual network function based on a descriptor of the virtual network function, selecting one of the data centers in which the virtual network function is to be deployed based on the descriptor of the virtual network function and the static inventory data of each data center, and issuing the commands to the selected data center to deploy the virtual network function.
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