Patents by Inventor Zhengfa SHI

Zhengfa SHI 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 and device for managing virtualized network function
    Patent number: 10511506
    Abstract: Provided is a method for managing a virtualized network function, comprising: an NFVO initializes a VNFM pool according to configuration information of the VNFM pool, wherein the configuration information includes an initial number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, a maximum number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, and a maximum number of VNFs managed by each VNFM in the VNFM pool; and the NFVO monitors a status of each VNFM in the VNFM pool, and, when an invalid VNFM is monitored, the NFVO ascribes one or more VNFs managed by the invalid VNFM to one or more valid VNFMs in the VNFM pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daoli Wu, Kang Chen, Zhengfa Shi
  • Method and Device for Managing Virtualized Network Function
    Publication number: 20170302543
    Abstract: Provided is a method for managing a virtualized network function, comprising: an NFVO initializes a VNFM pool according to configuration information of the VNFM pool, wherein the configuration information includes an initial number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, a maximum number of VNFMs managed by the VNFM pool, and a maximum number of VNFs managed by each VNFM in the VNFM pool; and the NFVO monitors a status of each VNFM in the VNFM pool, and, when an invalid VNFM is monitored, the NFVO ascribes one or more VNFs managed by the invalid VNFM to one or more valid VNFMs in the VNFM pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Daoli WU, Kang CHEN, Zhengfa SHI