18283879. MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM simplified abstract (NEC Corporation)
MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
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MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18283879 titled 'MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
Simplified Explanation
The management apparatus described in the patent application is designed to control a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) that provides virtual resources for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) executed as software-based network functions. The apparatus includes a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM), NFV-Orchestrator (NFVO), VNF Manager (VNFM), a detecting unit for identifying data failures in the VNFM, and a constructing unit for generating operation data for a new VNFM by gathering information from the NFVO, VIM, and VNF in case of data failure detection.
- Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) controls NFVI
- NFV-Orchestrator (NFVO) realizes network services on NFVI
- VNF Manager (VNFM) manages VNFs
- Detecting unit identifies data failures in VNFM
- Constructing unit generates operation data for new VNFM
- Potential Applications
- Telecommunications industry for managing virtualized network functions - Cloud computing for orchestrating virtual resources efficiently
- Problems Solved
- Efficient management of virtual resources in NFVI - Quick detection and resolution of data failures in VNFM
- Benefits
- Improved performance and reliability of virtual network functions - Streamlined operation and management of network services
Original Abstract Submitted
A management apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a VIM (Virtualized Infrastructure Manager) () configured to perform control of a NFVI (Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure), which provides virtual resources for a Virtual Network Function (VNF) () executed as a network function implemented in software, an NFVO (NFV-Orchestrator) () for realizing network services on the NFVI, a VNFM (VNF Manager) () configured to perform management of the VNF (), a detecting unit () configured to detect data failure in the VNFM, and a constructing unit () configured to construct operation data for a new VNFM by collecting information from the NFVO (), the VIM (), and the VNF () in the case where the data failure is detected by the detecting unit.
