CPC H04L 41/046 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04W 28/0835 (2020.05); H04W 28/12 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/29 (2023.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for operating a network manager (NM), comprising:
by the NM:
sending, to a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO), a first update network service (NS) request message to associate a new network service descriptor (NSD) with an NS instance;
sending, to the NFVO, a second update NS request message to add or change the connectivity by associating a virtual network function (VNF) with a new or updated VNF Profile indicated by the new NSD, wherein the second update NS request message includes:
an nsInstanceID parameter that identifies the NS instance, and
an updateType parameter that indicates a type of update for the NS instance, wherein the updateType parameter value is “AssocVnfWithVnfProfile” indicates a request to associate the VNF of the NS instance with the new or updated VNF profile indicated by the new NSD.
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