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AssigneeAlpha Networks Inc.
InventorsGuan-Yi Jiang, Hsu-Tung Chien
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A computing device includes a processing unit, a memory unit, a NIC that is for receiving a packet, and a network virtualization platform accommodating a plurality of virtual network applications. The NIC, the processing unit and the memory unit are collectively defined as a hardware layer for the network virtualization platform to operate thereon. The network virtualization platform includes a virtual network layer having a UPF plugin installed therewith. The UPF plugin performs rule matching according to a packet header of the packet, and determines which one of the following steps is to be performed: offloading the packet to one of the virtual network applications in the application layer for the virtual network application to provide services; and re-packaging the packet and forwarding the packet to the another computing device.
A computing device for receiving a packet from a user equipment (UE) and communicating with another computing device, the computing device comprising:
A method for processing a UPF packet to be executed by a computing device, the computing device including a processing unit, a memory unit and a network interface card (NIC) that are connected to each other and that are collectively defined as a hardware layer, the computing device further including a network virtualization platform that operates on the hardware layer and that is configured to be performed by the processing unit to accommodate a plurality of virtual network applications, the network virtualization platform including an application layer that has the virtual network applications deployed thereon, and a virtual network layer that has a user plane function (UPF) plugin installed therein, the UPF plugin communicating with another computing device, the method comprising steps of:
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