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Service function registration mechanism and capability indexing

  • US 10,587,698 B2
  • Filed: 02/15/2016
  • Issued: 03/10/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented in a network engine comprising:

  • receiving, by a receiver of a service function (SF) orchestrator in the network engine, a registration request message from a third-party SF manager requesting registration of a SF comprising one or more SF instances in a network, wherein the registration request message comprises vendor identification information identifying a vendor of the SF and SF identification information identifying the SF;

    receiving, by the receiver of the SF orchestrator, a capability information message from the third-party SF manager indicating vendor-specific capability information associated with the SF;

    receiving, by the receiver of the SF orchestrator, a service request message from a service client requesting a network service and one or more policies for the network service, wherein the service request message comprises the one or more policies for the network service;

    generating, by a processor of the SF orchestrator, the network service by utilizing the one or more SF instances according to the one or more policies and the vendor-specific capability information; and

    sending, by the processor of the SF orchestrator, the one or more policies to the one or more SF instances to facilitate an execution of the network service requested by the service client.

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