ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,218, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Virtualized network function management" was invented by Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde (Hillsboro, Ore.), Joey Chou (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Muthaiah Venkatachalam (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, virtualized network function resources may be managed in a network. Performance measurements may be received for at least one mobility management entity (MME) in an MME pool, or for other network elements. If at least one of the performance measurements exceeds at least one predetermined threshold, in...