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NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION-BASED CERTIFICATE CONFIGURATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM

  • US 20170012968A1
  • Filed: 09/23/2016
  • Published: 01/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network function virtualization-based certificate configuration method, comprising:

  • obtaining, by a virtualized network management entity, initial credential information of a virtualized network function entity; and

    during or after instantiation of the virtualized network function (VNF) entity by the virtualized network management entity, installing, by the virtualized network management entity, the initial credential information onto the virtualized network function entity, so that the virtualized network function entity obtains, from a certificate authority by using the initial credential information, a formal certificate issued by a network operator of the virtualized network function entity.

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