Managing virtual links in a network service instance
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJoey Chou, Yizhi Yao
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Abstract
An apparatus of a Network Manager (NM) comprises one or more processors to send a Network Service (NS) update request to a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO) to add external connectivity to a Physical Network Function (PNF) instance or a Virtual Network Function (VNF) instance in an NS instance, to receive an operation result containing a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier from the NFVO, to receive a lifecycle change notification from the NFVO indicating a start of an NS update, and to receive an NS Lifecycle Change notification from the NFVO indicating a result of the NS update. A memory is to store the result of the NS update.
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An apparatus of a Network Manager (NM), comprising:
- one or more processors to send a Network Service (NS) update request to a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO) to add external connectivity to a Physical Network Function (PNF) instance or a Virtual Network Function (VNF) instance in an NS instance, wherein the NS update request comprises an attribute identifying an external connection point or an external link port for the PNF instance or the VNF instance, the one or more processors to receive an operation result containing a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier from the NFVO, to receive a lifecycle change notification from the NFVO indicating a start of an NS update, and to receive an NS Lifecycle Change notification from the NFVO indicating a result of the NS update;
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- a memory to store the result of the NS update.
An apparatus of a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO), comprising:
- one or more processors to receive a request from a Network Manager (NM) to update a Network Service (NS) to add external connectivity to a physical network function (PNF) instance or a virtual network function (VNF) instance, wherein the request comprises an attribute identifying an external connection point or an external link port for the PNF instance or the VNF instance, the one or more processors to send to the NM an NS update operation result containing a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier, to send to the NM an NS Lifecycle Change notification indicating a start of the NS update, to connect the PNF instance or the VNF instance to an NS virtual link per the request, and to send to the NM a NS Lifecycle Change notification indicating a result of the NS update;
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- a memory to store the request from the NM.
One or more non-transitory storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a Network Manger (NM), result in:
- sending a Network Service (NS) update request to a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO) to initiate an NS update operation, wherein the NS update request comprises an attribute identifying an external connection point or an external link port for a PNF instance or a VNF instance, the one or more processors;
- receiving from the NFVO an operation result containing a lifecycle operation occurrence identifier;
- receiving from the NFVO an NS Lifecycle Change notification indicating a start of an NS update;
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- receiving from the NFVO an NS Lifecycle Change notification to indicating a result of the NS update.
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