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US 2020/0396166 A1Published application
Service function chain (sfc) path selection method and system
AssigneeNanning Fugui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorBO-RUN SHAO
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Abstract
A service function chain (SFC) path selection method. The disclosed method receives an SFC request for scheduling an SFC, rearranges SFC with respect to the workload of service function forwarders (SFFs) utilized in the SFC while conforming to SFC arrangement rules concluded from a history of deployed SFC. The SFC arrangement rules may be created from machine learning processes or manually created by an administrator.
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A service function chain (SFC) path selection method executable by an electronic device, comprising:
- obtaining all service functions (SF) in the same domain as a current SF set;
- comparing the current SF set with a history of deployed SFs;
- determining whether the current SF set is included in the history of deployed SFs;
- if each SF in the current SF set is included in the history of deployed SFs, analyzing relation between each selected couple of SFs in the current SF set;
- performing relation analyzing to create SF arrangement rules by a machine learning process;
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- scheduling a set of a plurality of SFs as a scheduled SFC to respond to a scheduling request, wherein the scheduled SFC is generated with respect to a workload of a group of service function forwarders associated with the plurality of service functions and conforms to service function arrangement rules based on an SFC history of deployed SFCs.
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A service function chain (SFC) path selection system, comprising:
- a data collecting module, configured to obtain all service functions (SF) in the same domain as a current SF set, compare the current SF set with a history of deployed SFs, and determine whether the current SF set is included in the history of deployed SFs;
- a SF relation analyzing module, configured to, if each SF in the current SF set is included in the history of deployed SFs, analyze relation between each selected couple of SFs in the current SF set, and perform relation analyzing to create SF arrangement rules by a machine learning process;
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- a service function chain rearranging module, configured to schedule a set of a plurality of service functions (SFs) as a scheduled SFC to respond to a scheduling request, wherein the scheduled SFC is generated with respect to a workload of a group of service function forwarders associated with the plurality of service functions and conforms to the service function arrangement rules concluded from the SFC history.
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