Patent
Network Function Virtualization for a Network Device
Peter Ashwood-Smith,Mehdi Arashmid Akhavain Mohammadi,Evelyne Roch +2 more
- 10 Jan 2014
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose an apparatus for performing network function virtualization (NFV) comprising a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to perform the following: receive an instruction to virtualize a network device within a network, divide, according to the instruction, the network device into a plurality of network functions (NFs) used to form a virtualized network node, launch the NFs within one or more virtual containers, and group the virtual containers together using a group identifier (ID) that
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Abstract: An apparatus for performing network function virtualization (NFV), comprising: a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to perform the following: receive an instruction to virtualize a network device within a network, divide, according to the instruction, the network device into a plurality of network functions (NFs) used to form a virtualized network node that corresponds to the network device, launch the NFs within one or more virtual containers, and group the virtual containers together using a group identifier (ID) that corresponds to the virtualized network node, wherein each of the NFs correspond to a network function performed by the network device prior to virtualization.
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