109 results about "Network Functions Virtualization" patented technology

The present invention belongs to the technical field of network function virtualization and relates to a method and apparatus for optimizing a cross-domain deployment of an SFC (Service Function Chain) based on VNF (Virtual Network Function) migration, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a node resource of VNFs and a resource requirement of flow processing; performing the cross-domain deployment of the SFC according to the node resource and the resource requirement; searching for an equilibrium point between a delay and a resource consumption rate of the SFC in combination with the delay and the resource consumption rate of the SFC; and performing optimization processing on the VNF migration according to the equilibrium point to reconstruct the cross-domain deployment of the SFC. First of all, combined with an original deployment of the SFC in a model, whether the VNFs are migrated in the SFC is determined.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a network resource allocation method and device based on load balancing, equipment and a medium. The method comprises the following steps: segmenting a physical wireless local area network into at least two virtual network slices by adopting a network function virtualization algorithm and a software defined network algorithm, and carrying out customized configuration on the at least two virtual network slices; determining a load state and an average load of the at least two virtual network slices, and determining a network resource allocation quantity of the at least two virtual network slices according to the load state and the average load; configuring corresponding service quality parameters for the at least two virtual network slices, and allocating processing tasks of different levels according to the service quality parameters; and dynamically adjusting the network resource allocation quantities of the at least two virtual network slices according to the network resource allocation quantities and the processing tasks of the corresponding levels. By adopting the scheme, the network resources are reasonably allocated, the communication requirements of different applications can be met, and the utilization rate of the network resources is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of Internet of Things communication transmission, and discloses an Internet of Things data intelligent transmission method and system, and the method comprises the steps: abstracting the performance of a multi-source heterogeneous link through a software defined network controller, dynamically generating a slice template, carrying out the traffic marking and priority scheduling, constructing a multi-path target constraint optimization model, and carrying out the optimization of the multi-path target constraint optimization model. And in combination with a network function virtualization mechanism, multi-level intelligent transmission is implemented at edge nodes, and a final transmission control instruction is generated. In the prior art, in a heterogeneous multi-network environment, low-delay, high-reliability and high-bandwidth transmission cannot be guaranteed at the same time, and especially in an industrial automation scene, technical problems that a control instruction is easy to delay and a monitoring data bandwidth is limited exist. According to the invention, the overall transmission reliability and bandwidth utilization efficiency are improved through the dynamic priority traffic scheduling based on network slices, the multipath reliability product model and the dynamic batch processing and progressive compression technology based on real-time link feedback.

Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for deploying User Plane Function (UPF) and edge computing virtualized network functions (VNF). For example, some embodiments are directed to a network management system. The network management system includes processor circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to transmit a request to an edge computing management system to instantiate an edge computing virtualized network function (VNF). The request can include an identifier of a Network Service (NS) where a User Plane Function (UPF) VNF supporting the edge computing VNF is located. The processor circuitry can be further configured to receive, from the edge computing management system, a response indicating that the edge computing VNF is instantiated.

Provided are a computing resource management method, system and device, the method comprising: receiving an instantiation request of a virtualized network function (VNF) from a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), the instantiation request of the VNF comprising an operation mode of the VNF; determining addressing information of a heterogeneous computing resource pool corresponding to the operation mode of the VNF and computing resource demand information of the VNF; sending a computing resource allocation request to an infrastructure manager IM, the computing resource allocation request comprising addressing information of the heterogeneous computing resource pool and computing resource demand information of the VNF, the computing resource allocation request is used for requesting to allocate resources for the VNF in the heterogeneous computing resource pool according to the addressing information of the heterogeneous computing resource pool and the computing resource demand information of the VNF. By adopting the embodiment of the invention, the computing resource requirement of a novel telecommunication application with high computing task concurrency can be met.

A network function virtualization (NFV) orchestration service includes a centralized orchestration device and a multi-cluster container management (MCCM) platform. The centralized orchestration device stores a catalog of virtual network function descriptors (VNFDs) in an input language; generates, based on the catalog of VNFDs, intents for containerized network function (CNF) services; and stores the generated intents as blocks in a central intent database, wherein the blocks include an input data model for the CNF services. The MCCM platform includes one or more processors to receive and store a copy of the intent database; read design time policies from the copy of the intent database; and convert the input data model into a vendor-specific output data model in an output language.

The invention provides a policy group management method, which is characterized in that the method is applied to a network function virtualization management orchestration NFV-MANO architecture, the method is executed by a first functional entity, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving a first request message, the first request message being used for requesting execution of a policy group management operation for a first policy group, the first request message comprises identification information of a second policy group; executing the policy group management operation on the first policy group according to the identification information of the second policy group; wherein the second strategy group is a member strategy group of the first strategy group, and the second strategy group comprises one or more member strategies. Based on the technical scheme, when the policy group management operation is carried out on the policy group, the policy group management operation can be carried out by taking the member policy group as a unit. Thus, strategies needing to be integrally and consistently executed can be flexibly arranged in an NFV-MANO complex automatic operation and maintenance scene, and the cost of strategy group updating operation is reduced.

The invention discloses a virtuality and reality combined method and system for dynamically reconstructing diversified network topology, and belongs to the technical field of novel power systems, and the method comprises the following steps: virtualizing physical equipment in a power system business scene network by using NFV to obtain virtual equipment; constructing a network architecture for realizing a service scene network of the power system by adopting a virtualization mode; physical equipment and virtual equipment in the service scene network of the power system are controlled in a centralized manner based on the SDN; and the SDN controller dynamically reconstructs the service scene network of the power system according to a set strategy. According to the invention, dynamic allocation of network resources and real-time reconstruction of topology are realized through a virtuality and reality combination technology, a software defined network technology and a network function virtualization technology, and virtualized resources and resources of physical equipment can be effectively integrated so as to quickly respond to changes of application requirements.

The invention provides a virtual network function deployment method in a 6G network based on deep reinforcement learning. The method comprises the following steps: modeling a 6G network function virtualization environment system; a deployment problem of a virtual network function VNF in a 6G network function virtualization environment system is modeled as a Markov decision process MDP, and a state space S, an action space A, a state transition P, a reward function R and a discount factor gamma of the MDP process are defined. And training an intelligent agent based on an offline training algorithm of the DQN, and intelligently solving the MDP process through a deep reinforcement learning algorithm to obtain an optimal VNF deployment position, a flow routing path and an optimal VNF processing and data flow transmission opportunity. According to the invention, the deployment position and resource allocation of the VNF can be dynamically adjusted and controlled according to the network state and the service demand, so that the quality and efficiency of network service are improved. The model can provide quantitative decision support for network service orchestration, and maximizes the resource utilization rate and the network performance while ensuring that the service delay requirement is met.

The invention discloses an intelligent resource scheduling method for a satellite-ground convergence network based on QoS (Quality of Service), and relates to the technical field of communication. Comprising the following steps: carrying out virtualization processing on computing resources, storage resources and communication resources in the satellite-ground convergence network; carrying out resource matching and scheduling through the virtual resource management layer according to the QoS (Quality of Service) demand and the resource demand of the user; the on-demand distribution and dynamic adjustment of resources are realized by utilizing an optimization algorithm; and resource collaborative scheduling of the multi-domain network is realized through the cross-domain control system. According to the invention, the software defined network SDN and the network function virtualization NFV technology are utilized to realize intelligent management and allocation of multi-dimensional resources such as computing resources, storage resources, communication bandwidth and the like in the satellite-ground network, so that the resource utilization efficiency is improved, and diversified service requirements are met.

The embodiment of the invention provides a firewall configuration method, an NFVO, a server and a storage medium, and belongs to the field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a cluster creation request, wherein the cluster creation request comprises network information of a control node of a to-be-created target cluster; creating and configuring a first virtual firewall between the control node and a network function virtualization orchestrator according to the network information of the control node; creating a control node, and creating one or more working nodes under the condition that the control node is created and enters a working state; and creating and configuring a second virtual firewall between the control node and the working nodes according to the created network information of each working node and the network information of the control node. According to the method, the network isolation between the control node and the working node can be automatically, quickly and accurately realized.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computing resource management method, a system, and a device. The method comprises: receiving an instantiation request of a virtualized network function (VNF) from a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), wherein the instantiation request of the VNF comprises an operating mode of the VNF; determining addressing information of a heterogeneous computing resource pool and computing resource requirement information of the VNF which correspond to the operating mode of the VNF; and sending a computing resource allocation request to an infrastructure manager (IM), wherein the computing resource allocation request comprises the addressing information of the heterogeneous computing resource pool and the computing resource requirement information of the VNF, and the computing resource allocation request is used for requesting to allocate resources to the VNF from the heterogeneous computing resource pool on the basis of the addressing information of the heterogeneous computing resource pool and the computing resource requirement information of the VNF. The embodiments of the present application can meet the computing resource requirements of new telecommunication applications having high computing task concurrency.

One example method includes receiving a request to scan a file, storing the file, performing a vulnerability scan on the file, based on an outcome of the vulnerability scan, making a copy of the file, scanning the copy of the file, when the scanning identifies an attack pattern, applying a rule concerning the attack pattern, and performing a remedial action specified by the rule with respect to the file and / or with respect to a device that handled the file.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an upgrade method, device, and system. The upgrade method includes: determining N physical machines that need to be upgraded, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; for each physical machine, migrating the services of network elements of virtual machines on the physical machine; evacuating the virtual machines on the physical machine to other physical machines; upgrading the physical machine; and notifying the Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) to incorporate the upgraded physical machine into management and application. Embodiments of the present invention achieve the upgrade of physical machines by means of service migration and virtual machine evacuation without affecting the normal operation of network functions running on the cloud platform and the services of network functions.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for deploying and configuring telecommunication middleware using a no-code integration and automation platform that implements middleware patterns as a set of event-driven Functions-as-a-Service. The platform offers low-latency, high-performance middleware capabilities co-located with applications, provides for a consistent developer experience, facilitates interoperability across nodes, and enables centralized and automated lifecycle management. Additional technical benefits over legacy systems in this resource-efficient, edge-optimized, green-tech platform include: improved performance, composable building blocks, reduced costs, cloud-native deployment, cloud network functions virtualization, rationalized tooling, and unified management. The breadth, depth, and inherent complexity of various use cases showcases the richness of the disclosed abstraction and automation.

The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for implementing one or more corrective actions during a resource threshold error event In one example, the method comprises receiving, by a transceiver unit [304] at a Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Platform Decision Analytics (NPDA) module [302], a resource threshold error event for a Network Function (NF). The method further comprises retrieving, by a retrieval unit [306] at the NPDA module [302], a set of data related to historical instances of the resource threshold error events. Then based on the retrieved set of data, the method comprises evaluating, by an evaluation unit [308], a hysteresis for the resource threshold error event. On evaluation of a positive hysteresis for the resource threshold error event, the method further comprises generating, by a generation unit [310], a response message indicating an occurrence of the positive hysteresis.

The invention provides an information processing method and device and related equipment, which are applied to a network function virtualization platform, the platform comprises a plurality of network elements, each network element comprises a fast path FP module and a distributed slow path DSP module, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving request information at a first network element in the plurality of network elements, acquiring session information corresponding to the request information based on a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) module of the first network element under the condition that the first network element receives the request information and the session information corresponding to the request information is not queried in a fast forwarding table of the first network element; and the FP module of the first network element forwards message information corresponding to the request information based on session information corresponding to the request information. The forwarding paths in the data transmission process are reduced, the information forwarding efficiency is improved, and the network connection delay is reduced.

Controlling allocation of resources in network function virtualization. Data defining a pool of available physical resources is maintained. Data defining one or more resource allocation rules is identified. An application request is received. Physical resources from the pool are allocated to virtual resources to implement the application request, on the basis of the maintained data, the identified data and the received application request.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF A MANO FRAMEWORK The present disclosure relates to system (108) and method (700) for providing interconnectivity between components of MANO framework The method (700) includes receiving (702), by a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO) (304), at least one service request from an event routing manager (ERM) (208, 302) via an associated network interface. The method (700) includes extracting (704), by the NFVO (304), one or more parameters from the at least one received service request. The method (700) includes processing (706), by the NFVO (304), the at least one received service request based on the extracted one or more parameters to generate at least one orchestration request. The method (700) includes determining (708), by the NFVO (304), at least one network service associated with at least one component of the MANO framework based on the at least one generated orchestration request. Ref.

The invention provides a computing device and a computer-implemented method for upgrading an active original virtual machine, OVM, within a Network Function Virtualization, NFV, service chain implemented by a set of computing nodes, to an active upgraded virtual machine, UVM, the method comprising at least steps of: setting the original virtual machine, OVM, to a paused state;obtaining currently used port information, CUPI, of the active original virtual machine, OVM, to be upgraded;disassociating all ports from the original virtual machine, OVM, in the paused state;associating the disassociated ports with the upgraded virtual machine, UVM, based on the obtained currently used port information, CUPI; andlaunching the upgraded virtual machine, UVM.

The present disclosure relates to a method for managing communication between network services associated with a MANO framework The method includes receiving (702) at least one orchestration request based on at least one service request, from at least one network service associated with one of a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO) (304) and a Containerized Network Function (CNF) Manager (CNFM) (306) of the MANO framework. The at least one service request is received from a network element. The method includes processing (708) the at least one orchestration request to identify one or more network services associated with a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) (308) of the MANO framework. The method includes upon identifying the one or more network services, routing (708) the at least one orchestration request to the one or more network services associated with the VIM (308) using an associated interface for processing the at least one orchestration request.

A virtualized network function (VNF) of a network function virtualization (NFV) link level architecture includes a management plane function (MPF) to map a logical interface as a virtual interface in a control plane function (CPF) of the VNF. The MPF maps a logical resource of the NFV virtualization link level architecture as a shadow resource on one or more data plane functions (DPFs) of the VNF, wherein a virtual link is formed by the logical interface, the shadow resource, and the virtual interface. One of the DPFs receives a packet over the virtual link from a switch and classifies a type of the packet. In response to the packet type being a data packet, the DPF aggregates the packet with other data packets to form aggregated data packets and sends the aggregated data packets to the switch.

Techniques for tenant-driven dynamic resource allocation in a network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI). In one example, an orchestration system is operated by a data center provider of a data center, and the orchestration system includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory; logic stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the logic is operable to: compute an aggregate bandwidth for a plurality of streams associated with tenants of a datacenter provider and processed by virtual network functions assigned to the tenants executing on servers of the datacenter; and modifying the allocation of computing resources for the server executing the virtual network function based on the aggregated bandwidth.

This application relates to the field of NFV technologies, and discloses an instantiation method and apparatus for a virtualised network function VNF. The method includes: A VNFM receives a first instantiation request from an NFVO, where the first instantiation request includes configuration information of a first virtual connection point of a VNF, and the configuration information of the first virtual connection point includes configuration information of K microservices of an NF corresponding to the VNF; further determines configuration information of a first ingress container object corresponding to the first virtual connection point, where the first ingress container object configured to provide an access ingress of the K microservices; and sends the configuration information of the first ingress container object to a CISM, where the configuration information of the first ingress container object is for creating the first ingress container object. In this way, an ingress container object can be created for a microservice. Because an access address of the microservice defined by using the ingress container object may be a domain name (for example, an fqdn), an access requirement of the microservice can be met.

Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for detecting anomalous policies in a virtualized network. A network entity is configured to receive policy information associated with a policy for a network function virtualization (NFV)-enabled wireless network; analyze the policy information using a machine learning model to generate results, wherein the machine learning model is trained to identify anomalies in one or more policies; and transmit the results of the machine learning model analysis, the results comprising an indication of whether the policy comprises an anomaly.

The embodiment of the invention provides an IP address statistical system and method, electronic equipment, a medium and a program product, and relates to the field of wireless communication. The system comprises a first service module used for receiving IP address demand basic information of each network element deployed in a network function virtualization (NFV) network cloud system platform; the second service module is used for receiving docking configuration information of each network element of the NFV network cloud and an external system; the third service module is used for receiving resource pool deployment parameters; the resource pool deployment parameter is used for indicating the actual deployment scale of each network element under different networking types in a single resource pool, and the actual deployment scale at least comprises the actual deployment number of each network element in the single resource pool; and the fourth service module is used for counting the number of IPv4 and / or IPv6 addresses of each NFV network cloud resource pool based on the IP address demand basic information of each network element, the docking configuration information and the resource pool deployment parameters.

The present disclosure relates to a method for routing a plurality of service requests in a management and orchestration (MANO) framework (105) by an event routing manager (ERM) (130) At least one service request received from at least one network entity (201) is sent to a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO) (110) of the MANO framework (105). At least one orchestration request received from the NFVO (110) is analyzed to determine at least one network service corresponding to at least one component of the MANO framework (105). The at least one component includes one of a containerized network function manager (CNFM) (115) and a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) (120). The at least one orchestration request is forwarded towards the determined network service corresponding to the at least one component of the MANO framework (105) via an EM_Cnfm interface. Ref.

The invention provides a data cache recovery method and system, relates to the technical field of computer networks, and is applied to a cache platform in a network function virtualization system. And when the service process works normally, a small number of data packets are stored as preparation for service process recovery in a covering storage mode through the shared annular queue. And when the service process is abnormal, caching the data packets to flow into the service process through the linear queue, and determining the first data packet which does not successfully pass through the service process. And after the service process is recovered, all cached data packets are recovered in time. Different cache mechanisms are adopted through normal service flow and abnormal service flow, the communication bandwidth and the processing efficiency of the shunt under the normal service flow condition are guaranteed, the method has the advantage of small cache overhead, all data packets can be accurately recovered after abnormal processing, and the service flow safety is improved. And the data packet can pass through the service process completely and reasonably under any condition, so that the purpose that the user does not perceive the data packet is achieved.

The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for deploying a network functions virtualization infrastructure. The present disclosure encompasses: logging, by a processing unit [202], to a set of controller nodes and a set of compute nodes; configuring, by a configuration unit [204], a controller node from the set of controller nodes as a deployment host; downloading a set of scripts on the deployment host; configuring, by the configuration unit [204], at the central controller, one or more configurations at the deployment host to configure Secure Shell (SSH) password less connection with the set of compute nodes and one or more remaining controller node(s) in the set of controller nodes; executing, by the processing unit [202], the one or more scripts at the deployment host, in a sequence; and receiving, by a transceiver unit [206], one or more real time logs from the deployment host.

Electronic device which features: a circuit for receiving information for transmission to at least one virtual machine (141, 142) and a second virtual machine (141, 142) via a virtual switch (130); and a memory for storing configuration information set up by the virtual switch (130) to allow the first virtual machine (141, 142) to bypass the virtual switch (130) and communicate with at least one of the second virtual machines (141, 142) and a host (120).