Patent ID: 11888696
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A virtualized network function (VNF) instantiation apparatus, comprising a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive virtualized network function description information (VNFD) from an operations support system/business support system (OSS/BSS), wherein the VNFD is for instantiating a VNF, the VNFD comprises first indication information and resource requirement information of a first internal network, and the first indication information indicates that the resource requirement information of the first internal network is externally visible;
the transceiver is further configured to send to a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) an external network instantiation request to be used by the VIM to instantiate, based on the resource requirement information of the first internal network, an external network connected to the VNF; and
the transceiver is further configured to send to a virtualized network function manager (VNFM) a VNF instantiation request to be used by the VNFM to instantiate the VNF based on the VNFD.