Testing virtualized network functions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11539612
APP PUB NO 20200344144A1
SERIAL NO

16850812

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According to a first aspect, there is provided a method of testing a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs) during commissioning of the plurality of VNFs in a virtualized environment in a customer network, the method comprising: at a VNF testing component configured to have access to the virtualized environment of the customer network, performing interoperability testing between a first VNF component instantiation (VNFCI) within a first VNF of the plurality of VNFs and a second VNFCI within a second VNF of the plurality of VNFs, the second VNF being different from the first VNF, the first VNF and the second VNF comprising a subset of VNFs within the plurality of VNFs, wherein performing the interoperability testing comprises: instructing the first VNFCI to interoperate directly with the second VNFCI in a predetermined manner; and determining whether the second VNFCI reacts to the instructed direct interoperation in an expected manner.

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METASWITCH NETWORKS LTD100 CHURCH STREET MIDDLESEX ENFIELD EN2 6BQ

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Davies, Philip Enfield, GB 31 582
Duppre, Michael Enfield, GB 2 5
Hotham, David Enfield, GB 8 33
Lee, Andrew Enfield, GB 155 8193
Orbell, Steve Enfield, GB 2 5
Parsons, Jamie Enfield, GB 4 41
Powell, Joe Enfield, GB 10 135

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