CPC H04L 49/557 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/2041 (2013.01); H04L 41/0627 (2013.01); H04L 41/0661 (2023.05); H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); H04L 41/0686 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/145 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); G06F 2201/815 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 41/0859 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system, comprising:
a processing device configured using instructions to implement an operational state machine that:
determines an operational state of a peer Virtual Network Function Component Instance (VNFCI) when the peer VNFCI is online;
examines, in a VNFCI, a next state attribute received in a next state response message, the next state attribute being associated with the peer VNFCI; and
transitions to an active state when the next state attribute is active.
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