Patents by Inventor Diala NABOULSI

Diala NABOULSI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for VNF managers placement in large-scale and distributed NFV systems
    Patent number: 11032135
    Abstract: There is provided a network node and method for placement of virtual network functions managers (VNFMs) in a network functions virtualization (NFV) system. The method comprises determining a number of VNFMs for the NFV system, determining a type for each VNFM, determining a placement for each VNFM over distributed Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Points of Presence (NFVI-PoPs) and determining a plurality of associations between the VNFMs and VNF instances in the system, thereby generating a VNFMs placement solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu Lebdeh, Diala Naboulsi, Roch Glitho, Constant Wette Tchouati
  • A METHOD FOR VNF MANAGERS PLACEMENT IN LARGE-SCALE AND DISTRIBUTED NFV SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200162323
    Abstract: There is provided a network node and method for placement of virtual network functions managers (VNFMs) in a network functions virtualization (NFV) system. The method comprises determining a number of VNFMs for the NFV system, determining a type for each VNFM, determining a placement for each VNFM over distributed Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Points of Presence (NFVI-PoPs) and determining a plurality of associations between the VNFMs and VNF instances in the system, thereby generating a VNFMs placement solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Mohammad ABU LEBDEH, Diala NABOULSI, Roch GLITHO, Constant WETTE TCHOUATI