20240015067. INTERWORKING OF LEGACY APPLIANCES IN VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS simplified abstract (Intel Corporation)

INTERWORKING OF LEGACY APPLIANCES IN VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS

Organization Name

Intel Corporation

Inventor(s)

John J. Browne of Limerick (IE)

Timothy Verrall of Pleasant Hill CA (US)

Maryam Tahhan of Limerick City (IE)

Michael J. Mcgrath of Cavan (IE)

Sean Harte of Limerick (IE)

Kevin Devey of Cork (IE)

Jonathan Kenny of Tipperary (IE)

Christopher Macnamara of Limerick (IE)

INTERWORKING OF LEGACY APPLIANCES IN VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240015067 titled 'INTERWORKING OF LEGACY APPLIANCES IN VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a computing apparatus that includes a hardware platform and an interworking broker function (IBF) hosted on the hardware platform. The IBF includes a translation driver (TD) associated with a legacy network appliance that lacks native interoperability with an orchestrator. The IBF is configured to receive network function provisioning or configuration commands from the orchestrator for the legacy network appliance, translate the commands into a format consumable by the legacy network appliance using the TD, and forward the commands to the legacy network appliance.

• The computing apparatus includes a hardware platform and an interworking broker function (IBF) hosted on the hardware platform.
• The IBF includes a translation driver (TD) associated with a legacy network appliance lacking native interoperability with an orchestrator.
• The IBF receives network function provisioning or configuration commands from the orchestrator for the legacy network appliance.
• The TD translates the commands into a format consumable by the legacy network appliance.
• The IBF forwards the translated commands to the legacy network appliance.

Potential applications of this technology:

• Integration of legacy network appliances with modern orchestrators.
• Provisioning and configuration of network functions on legacy network appliances.
• Enabling interoperability between legacy and modern network infrastructure.

Problems solved by this technology:

• Lack of native interoperability between legacy network appliances and modern orchestrators.
• Difficulty in provisioning and configuring network functions on legacy network appliances.
• Incompatibility between legacy and modern network infrastructure.

Benefits of this technology:

• Allows legacy network appliances to be seamlessly integrated into modern network environments.
• Simplifies the provisioning and configuration of network functions on legacy network appliances.
• Enables efficient management and control of both legacy and modern network infrastructure.

Original Abstract Submitted

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.