Devices, systems and methods for debugging network connectivity
    1.
    发明授权
    Devices, systems and methods for debugging network connectivity 有权
    用于调试网络连接的设备,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09547570B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-17

    申请号:US14608653

    申请日:2015-01-29

    摘要: The devices, systems, and methods test network connectivity, where the physical network is used to provide one or more service chains connecting service appliances, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, load balancers, network address translators, web servers, and so on. A service chain may involve multiple routing paths. The devices, systems, and methods test network connectivity test network connectivity by injecting customized echo request packets on each routing path and collecting customized echo reply packets in response. The customized echo reply packets are processed and aggregated to isolate network connectivity problems.

    摘要翻译: 设备,系统和方法测试网络连接,其中物理网络用于提供连接服务设备的一个或多个服务链,包括防火墙,入侵检测系统,负载平衡器,网络地址转换器,Web服务器等。 服务链可能涉及多个路由路径。 设备,系统和方法通过在每个路由路径上注入自定义的回显请求报文来测试网络连通性来测试网络连接,并收集定制的回应应答报文。 定制的回应应答报文被处理和聚合,以隔离网络连接问题。

    Scout functions
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10523550B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US15499515

    申请日:2017-04-27

    摘要: A controller and method for fault detection is provided in network cloud environments is provided. The controller may transmit a request to activate at least two scout functions at deployment locations in the network cloud environment, each scout function operable to execute one or more evaluation operations to collect and report evaluation information relating to its corresponding deployment location. The controller may receive at least one evaluation report comprising an evaluation of computational or communication resource availability at the deployment locations.

    Method for dynamically slicing mobile devices

    公开(公告)号:US10582445B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15057754

    申请日:2016-03-01

    摘要: Aspects of the invention pertain to methods and devices that allow user equipment (UE), such as for example wireless devices, to reconfigure their respective antennas in a dynamic manner to allow connection to additional or fewer logical networks, also being referred to as network slices. Changing the configuration of the array of antennas may include changing an existing configuration, or allocation, of the antennas that are currently communicating with a first number of logical networks into a different configuration of antennas for communicating with a second, different second number of logical networks. In some cases this may mean that antennas that were allocated for communicating with a primary logical network are re-allocated for communicating with a second logical network, with other antennas remaining in communication with the primary logical network.

    Stress sensitive radio frequency identification tag

    公开(公告)号:US10133890B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15249934

    申请日:2016-08-29

    IPC分类号: H04Q5/22 G06K7/10

    摘要: There is provided a Radio Frequency Identification tag that is sensitive to stress induced in a component to which the tag is coupled. In some embodiments, the RFID tag includes an electrically conductive loop that it configured to retain the RFID tag in a first operational state and upon breakage of the electrically conductive loop the RFID tag changes into a second operational state. By adhering the stress sensitive RFID tag to a particular component or location thereon, the operation state change of the RFID tag can be indicative of a the particular component reaching a known physical change. Moreover, a change in the operational state of the RFID tag can be detected by an appropriate RFID detector or scanner without the need for visual inspection, and thus provides evaluation of components that are positioned in hard to reach locations or hidden behind one or more coverings.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING NETWORK SLICES USING SHARED RISK GROUPS

    公开(公告)号:US20180278466A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15465012

    申请日:2017-03-21

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 H04L12/911

    摘要: A method and apparatus for instantiating network slices using connectivity and computing resources, is provided. Information regarding connectivity and computing resources for supporting network slices is used to identify shared risk groups. Each shared risk group includes those resources expected to be disabled by a common failure event. A first set of functions, such as virtual network functions, belonging to a network slice, is instantiated on a first subset of the resources. The union of all shared risk groups which include at least one of the first subset of resources is disjoint from the union of all shared risk groups which include at least one of a second subset of resources. The second subset of resources is allocated for instantiating a second set of functions which are redundant with the first set of functions. As such, redundant network slices and/or functions thereof can be provided which are robust to failure.

    Method and apparatus for exchanging routing information and the establishment of connectivity across multiple network areas
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for exchanging routing information and the establishment of connectivity across multiple network areas 有权
    用于交换路由信息和跨多个网络区域建立连接的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08879424B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-04

    申请号:US13526907

    申请日:2012-06-19

    摘要: Routes may be installed across multiple link state protocol controlled Ethernet network areas by causing ABBs to leak I-SID information advertised by BEBs in a L1 network area into an L2 network area. ABBs will only leak I-SIDs for BEBs where it is the closest ABB for that BEB. Where another ABB on the L2 network also leaks the same I-SID into the L2 network area from another L1 network area, the I-SID is of multi-area interest. ABBs will advertise I-SIDs that are common to the L1 and L2 networks back into their respective L1 network. Within each L1 and L2 network area, forwarding state will be installed between network elements advertising common interest in an ISID, so that multi-area paths may be created to span the L1/L2/L1 network areas. The L1/L2/L1 network structure may recurse an arbitrary number of times.

    摘要翻译: 可以通过使ABB将L1网络区域中的BEB发布的I-SID信息泄漏到L2网络区域中,将路由安装在多个链路状态协议控制的以太网网络区域。 ABB只会泄漏BEB的I-SID,而该BEB是该BEB最接近的ABB。 在L2网络上的另一个ABB也从另一个L1网络区域将相同的I-SID泄漏到L2网络区域中,I-SID具有多方面的兴趣。 ABB将通过将L1和L2网络通用的I-SID广播回各自的L1网络。 在每个L1和L2网络区域内,转发状态将被安装在对ISID广播共同兴趣的网元之间,从而可以创建多区域路径来跨越L1 / L2 / L1网络区域。 L1 / L2 / L1网络结构可能会递归任意次数。

    Virtual Local Area Network Identifier Substitution as Time To Live Method
    10.
    发明申请
    Virtual Local Area Network Identifier Substitution as Time To Live Method 有权
    虚拟局域网标识符替代为时间生活方式

    公开(公告)号:US20130208718A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-15

    申请号:US13370755

    申请日:2012-02-10

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56

    摘要: An apparatus comprising a node that uses a set of determined virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (VIDs) to provide a hop limit for a packet forwarded by the node in a network. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver that receives a packet comprising a VID that belongs to a determined set of ordered VIDs, a processor that substitutes the VID in the packet from the set of ordered VIDs and maps the VID to a next hop or instead drops the VID if the VID is a last ordered VID of the ordered VIDs, and a transmitter that forwards the packet comprising the substituted VID to the mapped next hop.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置,包括使用一组确定的虚拟局域网(VLAN)标识符(VID)来为网络中的节点转发的分组提供跳数限制的节点。 还公开了一种网络组件,其包括:接收器,其接收包含属于所确定的有序VID集合的VID的分组;处理器,用于从所述一组有序VID中替换所述分组中的VID,并将所述VID映射到下一跳; 如果VID是有序VID的最后一个有序的VID,则将VID丢弃,以及将包括替换的VID的分组转发到映射的下一跳的发射机。