Hybrid distributed communication
AssigneeGenband US LLC
InventorPaul Miller
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Abstract
A method includes establishing a connection between a physical signaling module and a physical media module, the physical signaling module configured to establish a connection between two communication endpoints, the physical media module configured to transfer media between the two communication endpoints. The method further includes establishing a connection between the physical signaling module and a media Virtual Network Function (VNF) module, the media VNF module running in a cloud-based environment, the media VNF module configured to transfer media between the two communication endpoints.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing a connection between a physical signaling module and a physical media module, the physical signaling module configured to establish a connection between two communication endpoints, the physical media module configured to transfer media between the two communication endpoints;
- and establishing a connection between the physical signaling module and a media Virtual Network Function (VNF) module, the media VNF module running in a cloud-based environment and on a physical machine other than the physical signaling module, the media VNF module configured to transfer media between the two communication endpoints;
- wherein the physical signaling module and the physical media module are outside the cloud-based environment.
A method comprising:
- establishing a connection between a first type of physical module and a second type of physical module, the first type of physical module performing a first type of communication function and the second type of physical module performing a second type of communication function;
- establishing a connection between the second type of physical module and a first type of Virtual Network Function (VNF) module running in a cloud-based environment and on a physical machine other than the physical signaling module, the first type of VNF module performing the first type of communication function;
- wherein the physical signaling module and the physical media module are outside the cloud-based environment.
A system comprising:
- a cloud-based environment comprising a plurality of physical machines supporting a plurality of virtual machines, the virtual machines running a plurality of first type VNF components that perform a first communication function and a plurality of second type VNF components that perform a second communication function;
- a first physical server in communication with and outside of the cloud-based environment, the first physical server configured to perform the first communication function, the first physical server having a connection to at least one of the plurality of second type VNF components;
- and a second physical server in communication with and outside of the cloud-based environment, the second physical server configured to perform the second communication function, the second physical server having a connection to at least one of the plurality of first type VNF components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.