Tenant-driven dynamic resource allocation for virtual network functions

US11611517B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Equinix, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Muhammad Durrani · San Jose, US
• Jayanthi Jayaraman · San Jose, US
• Syed Hashim Iqbal · San Jose, US
• Janardhana Achladi · San Jose, US
• Rizwan Jamal · San Jose, US
• John Hanahan · Saratoga, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2023
• Expiry date: May 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L43/028
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for tenant-driven dynamic resource allocation in network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI). In one example, an orchestration system is operated by a data center provider for a data center and that orchestration system comprises processing circuitry coupled to a memory; logic stored in the memory and configured for execution by the processing circuitry, wherein the logic is operative to: compute an aggregate bandwidth for a plurality of flows associated with a tenant of the data center provider and processed by a virtual network function, assigned to the tenant, executing on a server of the data center; and modify, based on the aggregate bandwidth, an allocation of compute resources of the server executing the virtual network function.