# US 2018/0026832 A1 · Network functions virtualization based fault processing method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0026832 A1 - Document ID: US20180026832A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/722,347 - Filed: 2017-10-02 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-09 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Fang YU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180026832A1 ## CPC - H04L 41/0661: {by reconfiguring faulty entities} - H04L 41/0631: using root cause analysis; using analysis of correlation between notifications, alarms or events based on decision criteria, e.g. hierarchy, tree or time analysis - H04L 41/0668: by dynamic selection of recovery network elements, e.g. replacement by the most appropriate element after failure - H04L 41/083: for increasing network speed - H04L 41/0836: {to enhance reliability, e.g. reduce downtime} - H04L 41/0894: Policy-based network configuration management - H04L 41/0897: by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities - H04L 41/40: using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities - H04L 41/5003: Managing SLA; Interaction between SLA and QoS - H04L 41/0869: Validating the configuration within one network element - H04L 41/0895: Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An embodiment of the present invention provides a NFV based fault processing method. The method includes: determining a NFVI fault; obtaining self-healing policy information used to indicate whether to perform a self-healing operation on the NFVI fault; and performing the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault when the self-healing policy information indicates that the self-healing operation is to be performed on the NFVI fault. Therefore, time for reporting and making a fault analysis for the infrastructure fault can be saved, the infrastructure fault is rectified as quickly as possible, a fault processing delay is reduced, and system performance can be improved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: a processor, configured to determine a network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) fault; and a receiver, configured to obtain self-healing policy information used to indicate whether to perform a self-healing operation on the NFVI fault; wherein the processor is configured to perform the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault when the self-healing policy information indicates that the self-healing operation is to be performed on the NFVI fault. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the self-healing policy information comprises updated self-healing policy information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmitter, configured to send self-healing start information, wherein the self-healing start information is used to indicate that the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault is started. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send self-healing complete information, wherein the self-healing complete information is used to indicate that the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault is complete. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send fault information of the NFVI fault when the self-healing policy information indicates that the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault is forbidden. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: select a new server for deploying a virtual machine that is affected by the NFVI fault; and create a virtual machine. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the self-healing policy information comprises a virtual machine identity, fault type information, and self-healing action information, or the self-healing policy information comprises a virtual machine identity, a virtual link identity, fault type information, and self-healing action information, wherein the self-healing action information comprises starting self-healing information and/or forbidding self-healing information. ### Claim 8 An apparatus, comprising: a processor, configured to determine self-healing policy information used to indicate whether to perform a self-healing operation on a network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) fault; and a transmitter, configured to send the self-healing policy information, so that the self-healing operation is performed on the NFVI fault when the self-healing policy information indicates that the self-healing operation is to be performed on the determined NFVI fault. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: determine a prestored self-healing policy, wherein the prestored self-healing policy comprises a virtualized network function (VNF) self-healing policy and/or a network service (NS) self-healing policy; and map or convert the prestored self-healing policy to determine the self-healing policy information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to update the prestored self-healing policy. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the VNF self-healing policy comprises a VNF identity and/or a VNF component identity, and fault type information and self-healing action information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the NS self-healing policy comprises the VNF self-healing policy and a self-healing policy for virtual links between multiple VNFs, wherein the self-healing policy for the virtual links comprises virtual link identities and self-healing action information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising: a receiver, configured to receive self-healing start information, wherein the self-healing start information is used to indicate that the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault is started; and wherein the processor is configured to forbid, according to the self-healing start information, repeatedly starting the self-healing operation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive self-healing complete information, wherein the self-healing complete information is used to indicate that the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault is complete. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the self-healing policy information comprises a virtual machine identity, fault type information, and self-healing action information, or the self-healing policy information comprises a virtual machine identity, a virtual link identity, fault type information, and self-healing action information, wherein the self-healing action information comprises starting self-healing information and/or forbidding self-healing information. ### Claim 16 An apparatus, comprising: a processor, configured to perform a self-healing operation on a determined network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) fault; and a transmitter, configured to send status information of the NFVI fault, wherein the status information is used to indicate that repeatedly starting the self-healing operation is forbidden. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the status information comprises self-healing start information, and the self-healing start information is used to indicate that the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault is started. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send self-healing complete information, wherein the self-healing complete information is used to indicate that the self-healing operation on the NFVI fault is complete. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to: select a new server for deploying a virtual machine that is affected by the NFVI fault; and create a virtual machine.