PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762265
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["370", "331000"]

Abstract:
The application relates to Network Function Virtualisation as standardised by ETSI GS NFV002 VI.2.1. The standard provides for dynamic instantiation and management of VNF instances. When using base stations as platforms on which VNFs can be instantiated, it has to be decided how this is done in an efficient way. The application proposes that in case a UE moves from an area covered by a source base station ( 210 ) to an area covered by a target base station ( 220 ), at least one VNF ( 250 ) is deployed on the target base station. This VNF may be a clone of a VNF ( 240 ) hosted by the source bases station.

Claim (Index 57):
A method, in a target radio base station, for provisioning of services to a roaming User Equipment (UE), the services being offered by at least one Virtual Network Function (VNF) hosted on a source radio base station, and being delivered to the roaming UE via a radio interface of the source radio base station, wherein the roaming UE is roaming from a radio coverage area of the source radio base station into a radio coverage area of a target radio base station, the method comprising:\n receiving, from a VNF manager, at least one VNF for deployment on the target radio base station; and delivering the services offered by the least one VNF via a radio interface to the roaming UE.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60526
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15081378', '15683360', '15853958', '15001745', '14866565']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5431118387034758
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5021074885985493
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5390114036929832
- Mean Citation Score: 225.74866000000003
- Max Citation Score: 250.22472
- Similarity Product: 165.39441192897317

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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