US 2019/0056975 A1 · VIRTUALIZED NETWORK FUNCTION MANAGER DETERMINING METHOD AND NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION ORCHESTRATOR

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a VNFM determining method and a network functions virtualization orchestrator. The method includes: receiving, by an NFVO, a first VNF instantiation request; determining, according to the first VNF instantiation request from VNFMs in a management domain of the NFVO, a VNFM managing the to-be-instantiated VNF; and sending a second VNF instantiation request to the determined VNFM, where the second VNF instantiation request is used to request the determined VNFM to instantiate the to-be-instantiated VNF. A correct VNFM is selected for the VNF, thereby ensuring that VNF deployment and life cycle management are performed correctly and highly efficiently.

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Dependent claims

A virtualized network function manager (VNFM) determining method, comprising:

receiving, by a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), a first virtualized network function (VNF) instantiation request, wherein the first VNF instantiation request is for requesting to instantiate a to-be-instantiated VNF;
determining, by the NFVO according to the first VNF instantiation request, a VNFM managing the to-be-instantiated VNF from a plurality of VNFMs in a management domain of the NFVO;
and
sending, by the NFVO, a second VNF instantiation request to the determined VNFM, wherein the second VNF instantiation request is for requesting the determined VNFM to instantiate the to-be-instantiated VNF.

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A network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), comprising a processor and a communications interface, wherein

the communications interface is configured to receive a first virtualized network function (VNF) instantiation request, wherein the first VNF instantiation request is for requesting to instantiate a to-be-instantiated VNF;
the processor is configured to determine, according to the first VNF instantiation request, a virtualized network function manager (VNFM) managing the to-be-instantiated VNF from VNFMs in a management domain of the NFVO;
and
the communications interface is further configured to send a second VNF instantiation request to the determined VNFM, wherein the second VNF instantiation request is for requesting the determined VNFM to instantiate the to-be-instantiated VNF.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Virtualized network function manager determining method and network functions virtualization orchestrator

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