Patent ID: 9706472
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for an apparatus of a communication network, wherein the apparatus controls a function for processing data packets of a flow associated with a device, the method comprising: determining to relocate the function for processing the data packets from a source instance to a target instance; transmitting to the source instance an instruction to relocate the function for processing the data packets to the target instance; receiving, from the source instance or the target instance, an indication that the relocation is completed; and in response to receiving the indication that the relocation is completed, causing an update of a switching element in a chain of functions for processing the data packets of the flow, the chain comprising said function, wherein the switching element affects the routing of the data packets of the flow in the chain, the switching element being updated with information related to the relocated function.