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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for implementing multi-part virtual network functions
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Application No.: US16452328Application Date: 2019-06-25
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Publication No.: US11296975B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Vinod Anthony Joseph Cherunni
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Clayton, McKay & Bailey, PC
- Main IPC: H04L12/715
- IPC: H04L12/715 ; H04L12/723 ; G06F9/455 ; H04L12/713 ; H04L45/00 ; H04L45/50 ; H04L45/586

Abstract:
Examples of the present disclosure can include a method. The method may include (1) obtaining, by an network function virtualization orchestrator (“NFVO”), path computation information from the integrated network, the integrated network including a virtual source and a virtual destination, (2) generating, using the path computation information, segments identifying portions of a virtual network path originating at the virtual source and terminating at the virtual destination, (3) generating, by a virtual infrastructure manager (“VIM”), a plurality of labels associated with physical links on the physical network corresponding to the identified portions of the virtual network path, and (4) determining, by the NFVO and using the plurality of labels, a network path for data transfer over the integrated network, the network path identifying virtual and physical network elements.
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