US Patent Issued to Verizon Patent and Licensing on May 27 for "System and methods for managing physical network functions via orchestration" (Michigan, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,711, issued on May 27, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"System and methods for managing physical network functions via orchestration" was invented by Kristen Sydney Young (Mine Hill, N.J.) and Jason T. Wright (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein provide life cycle management for physical network function (PNFs) via an orchestrator using PNF proxies. A network device in a service provider network receives a software package for a virtual network function (VNF) serving as PNF proxy for a type of PNF. The software package includes a proxy descriptor and...