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Virtualized network functions and service chaining in serverless computing infrastructure

  • US 10,257,033 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2017
  • Issued: 04/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implementing virtualized network functions in a serverless computing system having networked hardware resources, comprising:

  • receiving, by an interface of the serverless computing system, a specification for a network service including a virtualized network function (VNF) forwarding graph (FG);

    determining, by a mapper of the serverless computing system, an implementation graph comprising edges and vertices based on the specification;

    provisioning, by a provisioner of the serverless computing system, a queue in the serverless computing system for each edge;

    provisioning, by the provisioner, a function in the serverless computing system for each vertex, wherein, for at least one or more functions, each one of said at least one or more functions reads incoming messages from at least one queue; and

    processing data packets by the queues and functions in accordance with the VNF FG.

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