US 11,888,762 B1
VNFM assisted fault handling in virtual network function components
Keith William Melkild, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,060.
Application 17/224,060 is a continuation of application No. 16/917,748, filed on Jun. 30, 2020, granted, now 10,972,409, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/917,748 is a continuation of application No. 16/198,711, filed on Nov. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,701,000, issued on Jun. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,831, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 49/55 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 41/0668 (2022.01); H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); H04L 41/0604 (2022.01); H04L 41/0686 (2022.01); H04L 67/145 (2022.01); H04L 41/0659 (2022.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 41/0859 (2022.01)
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
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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.