Methods and devices for measuring reputation in a communication network

    公开(公告)号:US12244644B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US17607289

    申请日:2020-04-29

    Applicant: ORANGE

    Abstract: A method for measuring reputation of paths visiting nodes in a communication network and including, for each node visited by a current path of the network: a) assigning a security score for the node; b) estimating a first trust index based on: a cumulative on the current path of the successive scores of the nodes visited by the current path; and a number of nodes visited by the current path, the estimation of the first trust index providing a reputation measurement for the current path.

    Evaluating a hosting device for installation of a virtualized function within a network infrastructure

    公开(公告)号:US12004076B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US17434193

    申请日:2020-02-17

    Applicant: ORANGE

    CPC classification number: H04W48/18 G06F9/45558 H04W24/08 G06F2009/45595

    Abstract: A method for determining a hosting device of a network infrastructure of an operator for the installation of a virtualized function. The virtualized function contributes to transmission and processing of at least one item of information relating to a service. The method is implemented by a management entity of the infrastructure and includes: transmitting to a virtualization entity a compatibility request including at least one datum relating to a test of a resource of the hosting device; receiving from the virtualization entity at least one first variable derived from the test, relating to the transmitted datum, executed on the resource; and determining an aptitude of the hosting device to accommodate the virtualized function as a function of the at least one first variable received.

    METHOD FOR DELEGATING THE DELIVERY OF CONTENT ITEMS TO A CACHE SERVER

    公开(公告)号:US20230224378A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17927220

    申请日:2021-05-20

    Applicant: Orange

    CPC classification number: H04L67/566 H04L67/2871 H04L67/568 H04L63/0428

    Abstract: The advent of end-to-end encryption systems has put an end to the use of “caching” methods which consisted of replicating and storing data flows relating to content items in a “cache” which is located on board one or more intermediate devices. However, the disappearance of these “caching” solutions affects the management of the resources of different communication devices, particularly by bringing about an increase in the number of connections between communication devices that is necessary for delivering content items to the user terminals. Unlike known “caching” techniques in which the content itself is stored in at least one cache memory of a cache server, the method relies on storing in a cache server all of the messages exchanged between the original server hosting the content and the cache server, leading to the delivery of the content to the cache server.

    METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SECURING A MULTIPLE-ACCESS PERIPHERAL NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20220360454A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17622635

    申请日:2020-06-04

    Applicant: Orange

    Abstract: A description is given of a method for securing a multi-access edge computing network, where provision is made for a hardware security device designed to be connected to a host module of the network. The method, implemented by the hardware security device, includes upon reception of a presence request from the host module in the network, verifying whether the presence request comprises data representative of an identifier of the host module, and, if so, sending a presence response to the host module, comprising a signature of the hardware security device.

    Method for transferring a mobile terminal between access stations in a multi-operator context

    公开(公告)号:US11350332B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16753716

    申请日:2018-10-02

    Applicant: Orange

    Abstract: A method is provided for transferring a mobile terminal attached to a first access entity of an operator to a second access entity of a set of access entities controlled by at least one other operator within a communication network, the method implemented by a control device for routing data of the terminal. The method includes receiving, a connectivity message from entities of the set, determining an eligibility value relative to each entity based on at least one received parameter and a cooperation factor between the first entity and each other entity, selecting the second entity on the basis of the determined eligibility value, transmitting a transfer message to the first entity and to the second entity.

    METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A MOBILE TERMINAL BETWEEN ACCESS STATIONS IN A MULTI-OPERATOR CONTEXT

    公开(公告)号:US20200275338A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16753716

    申请日:2018-10-02

    Applicant: Orange

    Abstract: A method is provided for transferring a mobile terminal attached to a first access entity of an operator to a second access entity of a set of access entities controlled by at least one other operator within a communication network, the method implemented by a control device for routing data of the terminal. The method includes receiving, a connectivity message from entities of the set, determining an eligibility value relative to each entity based on at least one received parameter and a cooperation factor between the first entity and each other entity, selecting the second entity on the basis of the determined eligibility value, transmitting a transfer message to the first entity and to the second entity.

    Method for editing messages by a device on a communication path established between two nodes

    公开(公告)号:US11936634B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17255088

    申请日:2019-06-14

    Applicant: Orange

    CPC classification number: H04L63/0471 H04L63/062 H04L63/0281

    Abstract: The messages established on a communication path between two nodes are increasingly encrypted. However, the devices present on the communication path may intervene to transport the messages and to read, edit or add data in the messages. It may also be desirable that only “authorized” devices can carry out these actions. In order to intervene on these data, it would be necessary that the devices on the communication path have available all the keys used by the nodes to encrypt and decrypt the data of the messages, which is difficult to envisage. A modification method enables a device, capable of intercepting a data message on a communication path between two nodes, to edit the data under the control of the nodes, while ensuring that a device cannot access the data edited by another device on the path.

    Method for synchronizing a plurality of communication servers, and corresponding computer devices and programs

    公开(公告)号:US20230388035A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18246958

    申请日:2021-09-24

    Applicant: ORANGE

    CPC classification number: H04J3/0667 H04L63/123

    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a plurality of servers of a communication network, which are capable of exchanging time-stamped data using a time reference. The method is implemented by a primary server of the plurality and includes: transmitting to the other servers, called secondary servers, an initialization message containing an identifier of the primary server, a data item resulting from execution of an algorithm for selecting the primary server from the plurality of servers, and a piece of transmission time information on the initialization message; receiving from at least one secondary server a message acknowledging the transmitted initialization message; and validating a synchronization challenge comprising a difference between a recorded transmission time reference and the piece of transmission time information on the initialization message. The piece of transmission time information replaces the recorded time reference for the time-stamping of the data exchanged between the servers once the validation is complete.

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