LOCALIZED SERVICE CHAINING IN NFV CLOUDS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20160261505A1
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14638592

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Various exemplary embodiments relate to a chaining of sequential functions associated with a service or application are considered. This approach relies on a centralized load balancer for reducing the load of inter-rack traffic in a data center. The centralized load balancer may include a memory configured to store a service data flow table; and a processor configured to: receive at the centralized load balancer, a path inquiry for a service data flow; determine which virtual machine to assign the service data flow, wherein at least two functions of a chain of functions required in the service data flow are to be performed on the same rack; and assign the service data flow to the determined virtual machine.

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ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC600-700 MOUNTAIN AVENUE MURRAY HILL NJ 07974-0636

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Clougherty, Mark Chatam, US 5 194
Saniee, Iraj New Providence, US 37 494
Viswanathan, Harish Morristown, US 105 2240

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