US Patent No. 10,075,540
NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION (NFV) HARDWARE TRUST IN DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
| Patent No. | 10,075,540 |
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| Issue Date | September 11, 2018 |
| Title | Network Function Virtualization (nfv) Hardware Trust In Data Communication Systems |
| Inventorship | Arun Rajagopal, Leawood, KS (US) Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Mission Hills, KS (US) |
| Assignee | Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US) |
Claim of US Patent No. 10,075,540
1. A method of operating wireless User Equipment (UE) that comprises a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) that has hardware-trusted circuitry to support a hardware-trusted wireless communication service, the method comprising:a Network Function Virtualization Management and Orchestration (NFV MANO) orchestrator executing in the hardware-trusted circuitry in the NFVI and responsively exchanging hardware trust data with a wireless communication network to maintain hardware-trust between the wireless UE and the wireless communication network;
the NFV MANO orchestrator executing in the hardware-trusted circuitry in the NFVI and responsively exchanging network operations data for the hardware-trusted wireless communication service with the wireless network over an Os-Nfvo link;
responsive to the exchange of the network operations data, the NFV MANO orchestrator exchanging network service data with the hardware-trusted circuitry in the NFVI over an Nf-Vi link to execute an NFV Virtual Network Function (VNF) to support the hardware-trusted wireless communication service; and
responsive to the exchange of the network service data, the hardware-trusted circuitry in the NFVI executing the NFV VNF to support the hardware-trusted wireless communication service.
the NFV MANO orchestrator executing in the hardware-trusted circuitry in the NFVI and responsively exchanging network operations data for the hardware-trusted wireless communication service with the wireless network over an Os-Nfvo link;
responsive to the exchange of the network operations data, the NFV MANO orchestrator exchanging network service data with the hardware-trusted circuitry in the NFVI over an Nf-Vi link to execute an NFV Virtual Network Function (VNF) to support the hardware-trusted wireless communication service; and
responsive to the exchange of the network service data, the hardware-trusted circuitry in the NFVI executing the NFV VNF to support the hardware-trusted wireless communication service.