INTERWORKING OF LEGACY APPLIANCES IN VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS

Registre Brevet USPTO
Numéro d'application 17945455
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2022-09-15
Date de la première publication 2023-01-19
Date de publication 2023-01-19
Propriétaire Intel Corporation (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Browne, John J.
  • Verrall, Timothy
  • Tahhan, Maryam
  • Mcgrath, Michael J.
  • Harte, Sean
  • Devey, Kevin
  • Kenny, Jonathan
  • Macnamara, Christopher

Abrégé

A computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform; and an interworking broker function (IBF) hosted on the hardware platform, the IBF including a translation driver (TD) associated with a legacy network appliance lacking native interoperability with an orchestrator, the IBF configured to: receive from the orchestrator a network function provisioning or configuration command for the legacy network appliance; operate the TD to translate the command to a format consumable by the legacy network appliance; and forward the command to the legacy network appliance.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04L 41/0873 - Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
  • H04L 41/0806 - Configuration setting for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
  • H04L 41/0823 - Configuration setting characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability