公开(公告)号：US09806944B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US14940429

申请日：2015-11-13

Applicant: Telefonica, S.A.

Inventor： Luis Miguel Contreras ,  Diego R. Lopez ,  Antonio Agustin Pastor

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/717

CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/0813 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L45/04 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/44 ,  H04L45/64 ,  H04L45/70 ,  H04L61/1511 ,  H04L61/1541 ,  H04L63/0263

Abstract: A network controller and a method for automatically define forwarding rules to configure a computer networking device,The network controller (100) is connected to a sub-network (A) of a communication network and comprises: a controller manager (101) that receives a request for a given service, defines forwarding rules related to said service and installs the defined forwarding rules into a computer networking device (120a) in order to configure it for said given service; a deciding module (102) configured to communicate with the controller manager (101) and configured to interact with a DNS server (150) to receive a determined resolution for a DNS request of said request for said given service, and with a database (300) to retrieve information supplementary for the DNS request, in order to assist the controller manager (101) in performing the defining of the forwarding rules; and a plurality of interfaces (SA, SB, SD) for allowing the communication between the different elements.