Inference engine for configuration parameters in a network functions virtualization orchestrator

US11748134B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VMware LLC · US

Inventors

• Kiran Kumar Cherivirala · Kanchinakote, IN
• Sachin Thakkar · San Jose, US
• Sachin Bendigeri · Kanchinakote, IN
• Umar Shaikh · Kanchinakote, IN
• Sureshbabu Koyadan Chathoth · Kanchinakote, IN
• Sujeet Banerjee · Pune, IN
• Venkata Vanaja Lakshmi Yakkala · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 5, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L69/28
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for deploying a virtual network function (VNF) are disclosed. Deploying a VNF includes receiving a request to instantiate a VNF in a network virtualization infrastructure, obtaining input from a user providing parameters needed for performing the instantiation of the VNF, determining a type of deployment for the VNF, and adding parameters inferred from the type of deployment to the user data to complete the parameters needed for deployment of the VNF, wherein the added parameters are inferred based on stored data regarding previous instantiations of the VNF. Determining the type of deployment for the VNF includes determining a number of instances of the VNFs to be deployed and a number of virtual infrastructure managers that will be instructed to deploy resources needed by the VNF.