US 12,323,301 B2
Interworking of legacy appliances in virtualized networks
John J. Browne, Limerick (IE); Timothy Verrall, Pleasant Hill, CA (US); Maryam Tahhan, Limerick City (IE); Michael J. McGrath, Cavan (IE); Sean Harte, Limerick (IE); Kevin Devey, Cork (IE); Jonathan Kenny, Tipperary (IE); and Christopher MacNamara, Limerick (IE)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,246.
Application 18/370,246 is a continuation of application No. 17/945,455, filed on Sep. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,818,008.
Application 17/945,455 is a continuation of application No. 15/716,890, filed on Sep. 27, 2017, granted, now 11,469,953, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015067 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0823 (2022.01); H04L 41/0873 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 41/0897 (2022.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0895 (2022.05) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 41/0873 (2013.01); H04L 41/0897 (2022.05); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/50 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. At least one non-transitory machine-readable memory storing instructions for being executed by at least one machine, the at least one machine to be associated with server system hardware, the server system hardware being for use in association with network functions, the network functions to be provided, at least in part, via network devices, the server system hardware to be associated with a management and orchestration (MANO) stack, the MANO stack to be associated with an Openstack-compatible virtual infrastructure manager (VIM), the instructions, when executed by the at least one machine, resulting in the server system hardware being configured to enable performance of operations comprising:
obtaining simple network management protocol (SNMP) data associated with the network devices, the SNMP data being for use by at least one virtual machine (VM) instance in generating identifying information related to the network functions and/or the network devices; and
obtaining command line interface request data associated with at least one of the network devices for use in generating the identifying information;
wherein:
the at least one VM instance is associated with the Openstack-compatible VIM and the MANO stack;
the identifying information is for being provided to the MANO stack;
the network functions are configurable to comprise at least one virtual network function of a telecommunications network function virtualization infrastructure; and
the at least one virtual network function is configurable to implement, at least in part, a session border controller.