Network system having a virtual-service-module
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a service module modeled to represent a network element that performs one or more functions to process a packet in a network system, the service module embedded in a container program, the service module being a self-contained module of data and its associated processing software that has an archive file containing both executable code as well as metadata that integrates the service module with the network system, wherein a first instance of the service module is configurable to model a first network element and a second instance of the service module is configurable to model a second network element different in function than the first network element.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system in which a network system includes a virtual graph composed of a plurality individual networks. A first individual network is associated with a first user. The first individual network includes a plurality of service modules modeled to be representing a first set of network elements. The second individual network is associated with a second user. The second individual network includes a plurality of service modules modeled to be representing a second set of network elements. The second set of network element differs in the type of network elements included in the second individual network and the topological order of the network elements in the second individual network than the first set of network elements.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a service module modeled to represent a network element that performs one or more functions to process a packet in a network system, the service module embedded in a container program, the service module being a self-contained module of data and its associated processing software that has an archive file containing both executable code as well as metadata that integrates the service module with the network system, wherein a first instance of the service module is configurable to model a first network element and a second instance of the service module is configurable to model a second network element different in function than the first network element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network system, comprising:
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a virtual graph composed of a plurality individual networks; a first individual network associated with a first user, the first individual network including a first plurality of service modules modeled to be representing a first set of network elements; a second individual network associated with a second user, the second individual network including a second plurality of service modules modeled to be representing a second set of network elements, wherein the second set of network element differs in type of network elements included in the second individual network and topological order of the network elements in the second individual network than the first set of network elements wherein the first plurality of service modules includes a first service module embedded in a container program, the first service module being self contained module of data and its associated processing software that has an archive file containing both executable code as well as metadata that integrates the service module with the network system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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