US 12,267,225 B2
Enhanced service function chaining in next generation cellular networks
Zongrui Ding, Portland, OR (US); Qian Li, Beaverton, OR (US); Ching-Yu Liao, Portland, OR (US); Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Paris (FR); Sudeep Palat, Cheltenham (GB); Thomas Luetzenkirchen, Taufkirchen (DE); Abhijeet Kolekar, Portland, OR (US); Sangeetha Bangolae, Portland, OR (US); Youn Hyoung Heo, Seoul (KR); and Xiaopeng Tong, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/553,240
Filed by INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/027502
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/235690, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/183,996, filed on May 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187331 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 45/0377 (2022.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/0377 (2022.05) [H04L 45/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for performing service function chaining in wireless networks, the system comprising:
processing circuitry of a communication control function, of a core wireless network, configured to select a communication service function associated with establishing service function chaining (SFC) services for telecommunications;
processing circuitry of a service orchestration and chaining function (SOCF), of the core wireless network, configured to establish the SFC services; and
processing circuitry of a service orchestration exposure function (SOEF), of the core wireless network, configured to expose the SFC services to an application function (AF) of the system.