SERVICE FUNCTION CHAINS Clause Samples

SERVICE FUNCTION CHAINS. The following subsections present various SFCs for the main internal interactions between core components of the platform architecture, as shown in Figure 14. We divide the interactions into various areas. We will start with the experimentation SFC, which connects with the management & control SFC for driving the management policies of the experiment into the FLAME platform. We then outline the main (FMI) data plane SFC for the exchange of media service interactions over the data plane provided by the FLAME platform. Due to the core contributions of the service function routing solution to the benefits of the FLAME platform, as outlined in D3.1, we further decompose the service routing component of our platform into the specific Service function routing SFC. As a crucial enabler for the controllability and observability of our platform, we further decompose the CLMC part of our platform as a dedicated SFC. Throughout the presentation of the various SFCs, we will reference the specific component interfaces being utilized. There will, however, be a number of SFC-internal interfaces and protocols, whose exact detail is not within the scope of D3.3 but will be covered throughout the various realizations of the SFCs in WP4. We will also utilize the colour coding of Figure 14 to indicate which component realizes which service function.