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公开(公告)号：US20240195507A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-13
申请号：US18441562
申请日：2024-02-14
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： William Feight , Tara Joseph-Labrie , James M. Adkins, III , Clyde David Cooper, III
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for an optical domain controller for managing and maintaining a record of network component configuration and interconnections. The optical domain controller detects changes in a configuration of optical network elements in response to a requested service from the network, coordinates additional changes in configurations to optical network elements that may be affected by the detected change, communicates with the optical network elements to incorporate the changes to the configurations of the network element, and stores the configurations and states of the network elements. The use of the optical domain controller may thus replace or supplement a database storing network configuration information by automatically managing changes to the network as new services are instantiated directly on the optical network elements.
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公开(公告)号：US11743167B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-29
申请号：US17976274
申请日：2022-10-28
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Francis Ferguson , Eric Osborne , Clyde David Cooper, III , Brent W. Smith
IPC: H04L45/02 , H04L45/122 , H04L45/00 , H04L45/74 , H04L47/125 , H04L45/28 , H04L12/46 , H04L12/66
CPC classification number: H04L45/02 , H04L12/4625 , H04L45/04 , H04L45/122 , H04L45/22 , H04L45/28 , H04L45/74 , H04L47/125 , H04L12/46 , H04L12/66
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems for providing multiple egress routes from a telecommunications network for a client of the network. In general, the system provides for a client of the network to receive intended packets of information through multiple connections to the network such that load balancing and failover services for traffic to the customer are provided. The process and system allow for telecommunications network to utilize a common next-hop value of announced border gateway protocol (BGP) routes to advertise multiple routes to reach a destination customer network or address. By utilizing a common next-hop value in the announced BGP information, the devices of the network may load balance communication packets to the destination customer or address among the multiple egress locations from the network, as well as providing fast failover to alternate routes when a failure at the network or customer occurs.
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公开(公告)号：US11509979B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-22
申请号：US17496862
申请日：2021-10-08
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Laurel Clark , Clyde David Cooper, III , Andrew Dugan
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for a configurable optical peering fabric to dynamically create a connection between participant sites without any physical site limitations or necessity of specialized client and network provider equipment being located within such a facility. Client sites to a network may connect to a configurable switching element to be interconnected to other client sites in response to a request to connect the first client site with a second site, also connected to network, via the switching element. A request may trigger verification of the requested and, upon validation, transmission of an instruction to the switching element to enable the cross connect within the switching element. The first site and the second site may thus be interconnected via the switching element in response to the request, without the need to co-locate equipment or to manually install a jumper between client equipment.
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公开(公告)号：US20210345023A1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-04
申请号：US17374093
申请日：2021-07-13
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Laurel Clark , Clyde David Cooper, III , Andrew Dugan
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for a configurable optical peering fabric to dynamically create a connection between participant sites without any physical site limitations or necessity of specialized client and network provider equipment being located within such a facility. Client sites to a network may connect to a configurable switching element to be interconnected to other client sites in response to a request to connect the first client site with a second site, also connected to network, via the switching element. A request may trigger verification of the requested and, upon validation, transmission of an instruction to the switching element to enable the cross connect within the switching element. The first site and the second site may thus be interconnected via the switching element in response to the request, without the need to co-locate equipment or to manually install a jumper between client equipment.
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公开(公告)号：US11489755B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-01
申请号：US17374063
申请日：2021-07-13
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Francis Ferguson , Eric Osborne , Clyde David Cooper, III , Brent W. Smith
IPC: H04L12/751 , H04L12/733 , H04L12/707 , H04L12/741 , H04L12/803 , H04L12/703 , H04L12/46 , H04L12/715 , H04L45/02 , H04L45/122 , H04L45/00 , H04L45/74 , H04L47/125 , H04L45/28 , H04L12/66
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems for providing multiple egress routes from a telecommunications network for a client of the network. In general, the system provides for a client of the network to receive intended packets of information through multiple connections to the network such that load balancing and failover services for traffic to the customer are provided. The process and system allow for telecommunications network to utilize a common next-hop value of announced border gateway protocol (BGP) routes to advertise multiple routes to reach a destination customer network or address. By utilizing a common next-hop value in the announced BGP information, the devices of the network may load balance communication packets to the destination customer or address among the multiple egress locations from the network, as well as providing fast failover to alternate routes when a failure at the network or customer occurs.
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公开(公告)号：US20220030336A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-27
申请号：US17496862
申请日：2021-10-08
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Laurel Clark , Clyde David Cooper, III , Andrew Dugan
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for a configurable optical peering fabric to dynamically create a connection between participant sites without any physical site limitations or necessity of specialized client and network provider equipment being located within such a facility. Client sites to a network may connect to a configurable switching element to be interconnected to other client sites in response to a request to connect the first client site with a second site, also connected to network, via the switching element. A request may trigger verification of the requested and, upon validation, transmission of an instruction to the switching element to enable the cross connect within the switching element. The first site and the second site may thus be interconnected via the switching element in response to the request, without the need to co-locate equipment or to manually install a jumper between client equipment.
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公开(公告)号：US20180227212A1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-09
申请号：US15891047
申请日：2018-02-07
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Francis Ferguson , Eric Osborne , Clyde David Cooper, III , Brent W. Smith
IPC: H04L12/751 , H04L12/733 , H04L12/707 , H04L12/703 , H04L12/741 , H04L12/803
CPC classification number: H04L45/02 , H04L12/46 , H04L12/4625 , H04L12/66 , H04L45/122 , H04L45/22 , H04L45/28 , H04L45/74 , H04L47/125
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems for providing multiple egress routes from a telecommunications network for a client of the network. In general, the system provides for a client of the network to receive intended packets of information through multiple connections to the network such that load balancing and failover services for traffic to the customer are provided. The process and system allows for telecommunications network to utilize a common next-hop value of announced border gateway protocol (BGP) routes to advertise multiple routes to reach a destination customer network or address. By utilizing a common next-hop value in the announced BGP information, the devices of the network may load balance communication packets to the destination customer or address among the multiple egress locations from the network, as well as providing fast failover to alternate routes when a failure at the network or customer occurs.
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公开(公告)号：US20180026997A1
公开(公告)日：2018-01-25
申请号：US15383393
申请日：2016-12-19
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Dana A. Johnston , Clyde David Cooper, III
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for identifying and mitigating attacks on a voice component of a telecommunications network. In general, the process includes obtaining Layer 3 through Layer 7 transmission information from one or more edge devices to the telecommunications network. In one particular embodiment, a plurality of edge devices (also referred to herein as “session border controllers” or SBCs) is included in the telecommunications network in disparate geographical locations. Each SBC may provide Layer 3 through Layer 7 transmission information for each packet or communication transmitted through the SBC to a local database, which in turn may provide the information to a Central Analysis System or database. In one particular embodiment, the Layer 3 through Layer 7 information includes Session Initiation Protocol routing information for the communications sent to each of the SBCs of the network.
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公开(公告)号：US11909445B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-20
申请号：US17698366
申请日：2022-03-18
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： William Feight , Tara Joseph-Labrie , James M. Adkins, III , Clyde David Cooper, III
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for an optical domain controller for managing and maintaining a record of network component configuration and interconnections. The optical domain controller detects changes in a configuration of optical network elements in response to a requested service from the network, coordinates additional changes in configurations to optical network elements that may be affected by the detected change, communicates with the optical network elements to incorporate the changes to the configurations of the network element, and stores the configurations and states of the network elements. The use of the optical domain controller may thus replace or supplement a database storing network configuration information by automatically managing changes to the network as new services are instantiated directly on the optical network elements.
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公开(公告)号：US20240040287A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-01
申请号：US18379429
申请日：2023-10-12
Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
Inventor： Laurel Clark , Clyde David Cooper, III , Andrew Dugan
CPC classification number: H04Q11/0062 , H04J14/0201 , H04L63/0876 , H04L63/105 , H04J14/0212 , H04Q11/0001
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for a configurable optical peering fabric to dynamically create a connection between participant sites without any physical site limitations or necessity of specialized client and network provider equipment being located within such a facility. Client sites to a network may connect to a configurable switching element to be interconnected to other client sites in response to a request to connect the first client site with a second site, also connected to network, via the switching element. A request may trigger verification of the requested and, upon validation, transmission of an instruction to the switching element to enable the cross connect within the switching element. The first site and the second site may thus be interconnected via the switching element in response to the request, without the need to co-locate equipment or to manually install a jumper between client equipment.
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