Node in a telecommunications network, a virtual network element and methods for retrieving resource identification information
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsGennaro FALANGA, Giuseppe AMATO
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Abstract
A method and a virtual network element of a virtual telecommunications network comprising a cloud infrastructure. The cloud infrastructure comprises a hypervisor arrangement managed by a cloud manager for allocating physical resources to the virtual network element. The virtual network element further comprises a module that retrieves from the hypervisor manager or from the hypervisor arrangement resource identification information identifying the physical resources (HW; NW; disk) allocated to the virtual network element managing service application.
Claims26
A node in a telecommunications network, said node being supported by a cloud infrastructure comprising a hypervisor arrangement and a cloud manager for dedicating by creating a virtual network element and allocating physical resources and service applications to the node by means of the dedicated virtual network element, which service applications are executable on the virtual network element by means of the physical resources, wherein the virtual network element comprises a module configured to retrieve, from the hypervisor arrangement and/or cloud manager, resource identification information identifying the physical resources allocated to the virtual network element hosting the executable applications, and to transmit the resource identification information to one or more executable applications.
A method for retrieving resource identification information identifying physical resources allocated to a node in a telecommunications network, said node being supported by a cloud infrastructure comprising a hypervisor arrangement and a cloud manager for dedicating by creating a virtual network element and for allocating physical resources and service applications to the node by means of the dedicated virtual network element, which applications are executable on the virtual network element by means of the allocated physical resources, the method comprises:
- retrieving from the hypervisor arrangement and/or cloud manager resource identification information identifying the physical resources allocated to the virtual network element hosting the executable applications;
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- transmitting the resource identification information to one or more executable applications.
The method according to claim 25, wherein the transmitting of the resource identification information comprises:
- transmitting resource identification information, retrieved Communication Content and Intercepted Related Information of intercepted sessions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.