VNF METHOD FOR MANAGING LICENSE OF VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION AND NETWORK SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM USING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to a VNF license management method of a network service providing system including a VNF license management module, an NFV failure management module, a VNF installation module, and one or more VNFs, and through the NFV failure management module, failure information of the VNF. Detecting and transmitting the detected failure information to a license manager of an NFV service management system and a VNF provider; Regenerating, through the VNF installation module, a new VNF to an NFV virtualization platform, and giving VNF identifier information corresponding to the failed VNF to the regenerated VNF; And transmitting, through the VNF license management module, VNF license information corresponding to the failed VNF to the VNF installation module, and requesting the VNF installation module to reset the VNF license information.