Schnittstelle zwischen einer Netzwerkeinheit und einer virtuellen Netzwerkfunktion in einem Software-definierten Netzwerk

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Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP3057265

Aktenzeichen

EP15305195

Anmeldetag

11. Februar 2015

Veröffentlichung

27. Juni 2018

Erteilung

27. Juni 2018

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

H04L12/741H04L12/24H04L12/931

Abstract

A method for interfacing a network entity (NE) in a software defined network (SDN) and a virtual network function (VNF) by acquiring information about said VNF, calling for said VNF using a function table (FT1; FT2) stored in the NE storing multiple function entries (FE1,..., FEm,..., FEn), each function entry referring to a different virtual network function (VNF1, ..., VNF1m), and each function entry (FEm) containing at least the following information: ¢ a first pointer (P1 in p_vnfInputParams) for acquiring input parameters required by the VFN; ¢ a second pointer (P2 in p_vnf0utputParams) for providing output execution results to the NE; ¢ a third pointer (P3 in p_vnfPacketParams) for accessing the current data packet in order that the called VNF processes said data packet.

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Alcatel Lucent
ALCATEL LUCENT

Land

🇫🇷 Frankreich

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