Network function virtualization infrastructure pod in a network environment
US9979602B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/82
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example method for instantiating a network using a network function virtualization infrastructure (NVFI) pod in a network environment is provided and includes receiving a request to instantiate a logical network topology in the NFVI pod that includes a pre-selected set of interconnected pre-configured hardware resources, the abstract network topology including a virtual network function (VNF) forwarding graph (FG), distilling the VNF FG into various interconnected VNFs, deploying various VNFs of the VNF FG to a plurality of virtual machines, and instantiating the network topology on appropriate hardware resources in the NFVI pod. In specific embodiments, the pre-selected set of interconnected pre-configured hardware resources includes a plurality of compute servers, a plurality of controller servers, a set of network resources, and a plurality of storage resources. It may also include a high performance virtual switch operating in a user space of respective memory elements of a plurality of servers.
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