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US 12,225,100 B2Granted
System, devices and/or processes for executing service functions
AssigneeArm Limited
InventorsZijin Tao, Zaiping Bie, Song Zhu
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Abstract
Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to process requests to execute instance of service functions in a service function chain. In one particular implementation, a request to execute an instance of a second service function in a service function change may be initiated prior to completion of an execution of an instance of a first service function in the service function chain.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- responsive to one or more signals received from a communication network, initiating via a service function forwarder a request to execute an instance of a first service function in a service function chain comprising an ordered sequence of service functions to be traversed;
- determining in the service function forwarder a capability of a subsequent service function in the service function chain to be predictively executed;
- initiating via the service function forwarder a request to execute an instance of the subsequent service function in the service function chain prior to receipt in the service function forwarder of a response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function responsive to the capability of the subsequent service function to be predictively executed;
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- receiving in the service function forwarder the response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function and a separate response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function.
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A computing device, comprising:
- a communication device to receive messages from a communication network;
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- one or more processors to:
- initiate via a service function forwarder a request to execute an instance of a first service function in a service function chain comprising an ordered sequence of service functions to be traversed responsive to one or more signals received at the communication device from the communication network;
- determine in the service function forwarder a capability of a subsequent service function in the service function chain to be predictively executed;
- initiate via the service function forwarder a request to execute an instance of a subsequent service function in the service function chain prior to receipt in the service function forwarder of a response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function responsive to the capability of the subsequent service function to be predictively executed;
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- receiving in the service function forwarder the response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function and a separate response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function.
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An article comprising:
- a storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by one or more processors of a computing device to:
- initiate a request to execute via a service function forwarder an instance of a first service function in a service function chain comprising an ordered sequence of service functions to be traversed responsive to one or more signals received from a communication network;
- determine in the service function forwarder a capability of a subsequent service function in the service function chain to be predictively executed;
- initiate a request to execute via the service function forwarder an instance of a subsequent service function in the service function chain prior to receipt in the service function forwarder of a response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function responsive to the capability of the subsequent service function to be predictively executed;
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- receiving in the service function forwarder the response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function and a separate response to the request to execute the instance of the first service function.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.