System, method, and computer program for planning distribution of network resources in a network function virtualization (NFV) based communication network

A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

• computer code for migrating, as part of a Virtual Network Function (VNF) optimization process within a Network Function Virtualization based (NFV-based) communication network, a VNF instance of a VNF between processing units in the NFV-based communication network, according to a change of load;
• computer code for, after migrating the VNF instance, determining that a predefined resource requirement associated with the VNF instance is not met as a result of the migration;
• computer code for generating a failure report indicating that the predefined resource requirement associated with the VNF instance is not met;
• computer code for, based on the failure report, performing a hardware optimization process within the NFV-based communication network to meet the predefined resource requirement associated with the VNF instance.

A system comprising:

• a memory system;
• and
• one or more processing cores coupled to the memory system and that are each configured to:
• migrate, as part of a Virtual Network Function (VNF) optimization process within a Network Function Virtualization based (NFV-based) communication network, a VNF instance of a VNF between processing units in the NFV-based communication network, according to a change of load;
• after migrating the VNF instance, determine that a predefined resource requirement associated with the VNF instance is not met as a result of the migration;
• generate a failure report indicating that the predefined resource requirement associated with the VNF instance is not met;
• based on the failure report, perform a hardware optimization process within the NFV-based communication network to meet the predefined resource requirement associated with the VNF instance.