DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK HAVING A PLURALITY OF VIRTUALIZED NETWORK FUNCTIONS

摘要

This system includes a virtual network function executed by a point of presence (5, 6, 7) comprising: a routing module (40) connected between a physical port (26) and an internal port (41), the routing module exchanging routing information with the other machines in the network; a switch module (50) between the internal port (41) and a plurality of virtual input ports (61, 62, 63); a virtualization module (60); and an instance (71, 72, 73) of the virtual network function, the execution of which is managed by the virtualization module (60), a single virtual input port, and associated with said instance, the referral module directing a packet from the internal port to the virtual input port of the instance of the virtual network function for processing said packet, the software layer (30) further comprising a management and orchestration module (80).