- Patent Title: Methods for defining a network service descriptor (NSD) for a network service (NS), and network functions virtualization (NFV) orchestrator (NFVO) using said NSD
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Application No.: US16757735Application Date: 2018-10-23
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Publication No.: US11757696B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Maria Toeroe , Haibin Chu
- Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/IB2018/058273 2018.10.23
- International Announcement: WO2019/082085A 2019.05.02
- Date entered country: 2020-04-20
- Main IPC: H04L41/0233
- IPC: H04L41/0233 ; H04L41/044 ; H04L41/046 ; H04L41/5041 ; G06F9/455
Abstract:
There are provided methods for defining a Network Service Descriptor (NSD) for a Network Service (NS), and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Orchestrator (NFVO) using said NSD. The NSD comprises zero, one or more of each of: a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Descriptor (VNFD), a Physical Network Function (PNF) Descriptor (PNFD), a Network Service Descriptor (NSD), a Virtual Link (VL) Descriptor (VLD), and a VNF Forwarding Graph Descriptor (VNFFGD). One method comprising the step of defining at least one Connection Points (CP) Profile, wherein the CP Profile is referenced through a cpProfileId in a Network Forwarding Path Descriptor (NFPD) attribute of the VNFFGD, the CP Profile specifying a Connection Point Descriptor (CPD) or Service Access Point Descriptor (SAPD) for a given VnfProfile, PnfProfile or NsProfile.
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