TRANSPARENT MIGRATION OF VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS

• Main Authors: SHAHARABANI, Doron, AREFIN, Md Ahsan, GUAN, Shuang, KRISHNAN, Srinivas, RICHTER, Yossi, SCHULTZ, David, GAL, Eran
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.01.2024
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A method for transparent migration of virtual network functions is provided. The method includes identifying a middlebox receiving network flow and communicating with one or more backend virtual machines. The method also includes receiving flow statistics corresponding to the network flow of the mid...