Patent ID: 9749218
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: storing, by a network function virtualization (NFV) based network system, a routing table that correlates each of a plurality of components in the NFV based network system to one of a plurality of types of data traffic capable of being handled by the component, the plurality of components in the NFV based network system including physical network services and virtual network services, wherein the routing table is generated by: receiving, by a virtual network function (VNF) of the NFV based network system, data traffic directed to at least one first component of the plurality of components in the NFV based network system, the at least one first component being one of the physical network services or one of the virtual network services; analyzing, by the VNF, the received data traffic to identify information associated with the received data traffic, the information indicating one of the plurality of types of data traffic that comprises the received data traffic; determining, by the VNF using the routing table, a second component of the plurality of components in the NFV based network system that is correlated with, and thus capable of handling, the type of the received data traffic, the second component including one of the virtual network services or one of the physical network services; sending, by the VNF, the data traffic to the determined second component for handling thereof.