NODE IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, A VIRTUAL NETWORK ELEMENT AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

摘要

A method and a virtual network element of a virtual telecommunications network comprising a cloud infrastructure. The cloud infrastructure comprises a hypervisor arrangement managed by a cloud manager for allocating physical resources to the virtual network element. The virtual network element further comprises a module that retrieves from the hypervisor manager or from the hypervisor arrangement resource identification information identifying the physical resources (HW; NW; disk) allocated to the virtual network element managing service application.