US 11,924,059 B2
Systems and methods for chaining control-plane virtual functions for ensuring end-to-end quality of service (QoS) of internet services
Kenneth J. Kerpez, Long Valley, NJ (US)
Assigned to ASSIA SPE, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by ASSIA SPE, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,007.
Application 17/391,007 is a continuation of application No. 16/024,420, filed on Jun. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,082,305.
Prior Publication US 2021/0359918 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/5003 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 41/5003 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a Virtual Network Function (VNF) that represents a corresponding data-plane object and operates within a control plane, the VNF supports quality of service (QoS) chaining to coordinate an interchange of QoS diagnostic data across a plurality of chained VNFs that correspond to data-plane objects; and
an orchestrator operable in the control plane, the orchestrator comprising a processor that executes instructions that cause steps to be performed comprising:
in response to receiving QoS diagnostic data from the VNF, chains the plurality of VNFs to provide end-to-end QoS diagnostics across the VNFs, the orchestrator, based at least in part on the received QoS diagnostics, assigns classes of service (CoS) and resources across the VNFs to increase a service level and a bandwidth in real-time.