Methods and arrangements for service function chaining and packet steering

An apparatus of a base station, comprising:

• one or more interfaces for network communications;
• logic circuitry coupled with the interface to perform operations to:
• identify, based on a service request received via the network interface, a service function chain comprising one or more instances of a communication service function, one or more instances of a computing service function, and one or more instances of a data service function in a network, wherein the one or more instances of the communication service function are associated with one or more instances of the computing service function and the one or more instances of the data service function;
• determine service-aware transport information associated with the service function chain;
• and
• configure, via the one or more interfaces, the one or more instances of the communication service function, the computing service function, and the data service function for packet steering based on the service-aware transport information.

A method, comprising:

• identifying, based on a service request received via a network interface, a service function chain comprising one or more instances of a communication service function, one or more instances of a computing service function, and one or more instances of a data service function in a network, wherein the one or more instances of the communication service function are associated with the one or more instances of the computing service function and the one or more instances of the data service function;
• determining service-aware transport information associated with the service function chain;
• and
• configuring, via one or more interfaces, the one or more instances of the communication service function, the computing service function, and the data service function for packet steering based on the service-aware transport information.

A machine-readable medium containing instructions at a base station, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for service function chaining and packet steering, the operations to:

• identify, based on a service request received via a network interface, a service function chain comprising one or more instances of a communication service function, one or more instances of a computing service function, and one or more instances of a data service function in a network, wherein the one or more instances of the communication service function are associated with the one or more instances of the computing service function and the one or more instances of the data service function;
• determine service-aware transport information associated with the service function chain;
• and
• configure, via one or more interfaces, the one or more instances of communication service function, the computing service function, and the data service function for packet steering based on the service-aware transport information.