Service Function Registration Mechanism And Capability Indexing
First Claim
1. A method implemented in a network engine comprising:
- receiving, by 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 SF orchestrator, a capability information message from the third-party SF manager indicating vendor-specific capability information associated with the SF;
receiving, by the SF orchestrator, a service request message from a service client requesting a network service and one or more policies for the service;
generating 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 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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Abstract
A method implemented in a network engine comprising receiving, by 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 a capability information message from the third-party SF manager indicating vendor-specific capability information associated with the SF, receiving a service request message from a service client requesting a network service and one or more policies for the service, generating 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 the one or more policies to the one or more SF instances.
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1. A method implemented in a network engine comprising:
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receiving, by 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 SF orchestrator, a capability information message from the third-party SF manager indicating vendor-specific capability information associated with the SF; receiving, by the SF orchestrator, a service request message from a service client requesting a network service and one or more policies for the service; generating 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 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A virtual network function (VNF) controller comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a first service function (SF) configuration message from a network controller indicating a first policy for a first SF instance of a SF located in a network; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to determine that the first SF instance is one of a first plurality of SF instances of the SF in association with a first of a plurality of sub-controllers; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to send a second SF configuration message to the first sub-controller instructing the first sub-controller to dispatch the first policy to the first SF instance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method implemented in a network engine comprising:
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receiving, by a service function (SF) orchestrator in the network engine, a capability information message from a third-party SF manager indicating a SF name of a SF in a network and vendor-specific capability information associated with the SF; indexing, by the SF orchestrator, the vendor-specific capability information in a SF catalog database (DB); receiving, by the SF orchestrator, a service request message from a service client requesting a service in the network and a policy for the service; determining, by the SF orchestrator, that the service is associated with the SF; generating, by the SF orchestrator, a configuration for the SF according to the policy and the indexed vendor-specific capability information; and sending, by the SF orchestrator, a SF configuration message to a network element (NE) to facilitate an execution of the SF according to the configuration. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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