Patent ID: 11916742
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing a service function chain (SFC), the method comprising:
obtaining, by a SFC orchestrator of a first domain, a SFC creation request for a SFC, in response to the SFC creation request:
generating a domain participation list of a set of potential domains that may service the SFC creation request;
sending a bid request to each of the set of potential domains;
receiving bid responses from the set of potential domains;
based on the bid responses, ranking the set of potential domains;
sending a SFC placement request to a second domain, based on the ranking, wherein the set of potential domains comprises the second domain; and
obtaining a SFC placement response from the second domain, wherein the SFC placement response specifies success of SFC placement in the second domain; and
based on the SFC placement response, storing allocation of the SFC placement,
wherein the SFC creation request is serviced by hardware components of the second domain.