System and method for implementing packet processing network functions as a service
US11943111B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0823
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a system including a data plane service implementation (DPSI) platform operably accessible via application programming interfaces (APIs), implement packet processing network functions as a service. The APIs allow creation, customization, and configuration of network service-supporting application logics (ALs) and network service packages. The DPSI platform creates a packet processing primitive (PPP) by applying a use-case-specific primitive specification to a corresponding primitive template retrieved from a repository, and stores the PPP in a repository. Each PPP instance is implemented as an independent, self-contained, functional part of a whole data plane packet processing network function. The DPSI platform creates an AL based on a use-case-specific AL specification using one or more PPPs corresponding to the use-case-specific AL specification, and stores the AL in another repository. The DPSI platform creates and stores a network service package including one or more ALs corresponding to a use-case-specific service specification in another repository.
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