EP 4393128 A1 20240703 - DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE-DEFINED SERVICE CHAINS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
Title (en)
DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE-DEFINED SERVICE CHAINS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
Title (de)
DYNAMISCHE VERWALTUNG VON SOFTWAREDEFINIERTEN DIENSTKETTEN FÜR SATELLITENKOMMUNIKATION
Title (fr)
GESTION DYNAMIQUE DE CHAÎNES DE SERVICE DÉFINIES PAR LOGICIEL POUR UNE COMMUNICATION PAR SATELLITE
Publication
Application
Priority
US 2022020715 W 20220317
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2023177400A1] Conventionally, software-based services that utilize satellites are manually and painstakingly configured, provisioned, activated, and calibrated, because the complexity and variability of satellite links prevent automated and scalable service orchestration. Accordingly, systems and processes are disclosed for automated and scalable orchestration of services that utilize satellite links. In response to a service request, comprising a service definition for an end-to-end service, parameter(s) of a satellite link that satisfies the service definition may be calculated. These parameter(s) may be used to select a configuration for a satellite-network service chain, comprising a plurality of virtual network functions, from a service catalog. The satellite-network service chain may then be instantiated, within a cloud infrastructure, using the selected configuration. This process may be implemented in a software-defined network controller which dynamically manages the resources and configuration of the service chain.
IPC 8 full level
H04L 41/5041 (2022.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01); H04L 43/55 (2022.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04L 41/0895 (2022.05); H04L 41/5041 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 41/5025 (2013.01); H04L 43/55 (2022.05)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2023177400A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2023177400 A1 20230921; AU 2022447098 A1 20240530; CA 3238570 A1 20230921; EP 4393128 A1 20240703
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2022020715 W 20220317; AU 2022447098 A 20220317; CA 3238570 A 20220317; EP 22715443 A 20220317