A software designed protocol (SDP) network node includes a receiver, and a processor operatively coupled to the receiver. The receiver receives instructions, and receives packets. The processor updates a configuration of the SDP network node in accordance with the received instructions, and processes the received packets.

Disclosed are various embodiments for on-demand application-driven network slicing. In one embodiment, it is determined that an application implemented in a particular computing device has an increased quality-of-service requirement in order to send or receive data via a communications network. The increased quality-of-service requirement is greater than an existing quality-of-service provided to the application by the communications network. The application sends a request that causes capacity in a network slice having the increased quality-of-service requirement in the communications network to be allocated for the application. The data is transmitted to or from the application using the network slice.

The present disclosure provides a configuration data distribution method, including: determining an encapsulation manner of configuration data according to identifiers of Optical Network Units (ONUs) and a preset corresponding relationship between the identifiers of the ONUs and the encapsulation manner of the configuration data of the ONUs; and encapsulating the configuration data according to the determined encapsulation manner, and distributing the encapsulated configuration data to corresponding gateways according to the encapsulation manner of the ONUs or the identifiers of the ONUs.

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for determining a to-be-uploaded NSD, so as to resolve a technical problem of a relatively low network service generation efficiency. In embodiments of the present invention, multiple NSDs are pre-stored, and when an NSD needs to be uploaded, it is only required to select an appropriate NSD from the stored NSDs for uploading; and when there is a service requirement, an NSD does not need to be generated before being uploaded. Therefore, a time required for uploading an NSD is reduced, and network service generation efficiency is improved.

A provider network hosting multiple network-based services that implement different resources for a client may provide automated management of resource attributes across the multiple network-based services. A client may send a request to a resource attribute service implemented at the provider network to add a resource attribute to different resources implemented among different network-based services that satisfy resource metadata selection criteria. In response to receiving the request, resource metadata maintained for the different resources implemented among the different network-based resources, which may include one or more previously applied resource attributes, may be evaluated to identify those resources that satisfy the resource metadata selection criteria. For those resources that satisfy the resource metadata selection criteria, the resource attribute may be added to the resource metadata maintained for the different resources.

The present invention relates to a method, computer system, and computer program product for data processing based on a response strategy. According to the method, a performance value of a server is determined in response to receiving at least one request to the server. A response strategy for the at least one request is determined based on the determined performance value. At least one response is provided to the at least one request according to the determined response strategy.

A cloud-based multi-tenant system for policy-driven locality route and traffic management is disclosed. The cloud-based multi-tenant system includes a plurality of routes through the cloud-based multi-tenant system to deliver services to a plurality of end user devices. Each route is characterized by one or more of locality and residency. The plurality of routes are specified for a plurality of policies. An application running on an end user device requests a policy chosen from the plurality of policies. A route of the plurality of routes corresponding to the policy, traffic rules, and route maps corresponding to the policy for the end user device are returned. Communication is performed via the route between the application and a cloud service according to the policy. Compliance with the policy is tested for locality and residency, telemetry according to the testing is reported, and the plurality of routes is updated based upon the telemetry.

Various embodiments described herein disclose an endpoint modeling and grouping management system that can collect data from endpoint computer devices in a network. In some embodiments, agents installed on the endpoints can collect real-time information at the kernel level providing the system with deep visibility. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can identify similarities in behavior in response to assessing the data collected by the agents. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can dynamically model groups such as logical groups, and cluster endpoints based on the similarities and/or differences in behavior of the endpoints. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system transmits the behavioral models to the agents to allow the agents to identify anomalies and/or security threats autonomously.

A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a detection node in communication with a network function virtualization, NFV, system operating a NFV stack that is logically separable into a plurality of levels including a first level and a second level is provided. The detection node includes processing circuitry configured to: translate an executed first level event sequence to at least one translated second level event sequence, and compare the at least one translated second level event sequence to an executed second level event sequence to at least in part detect inconsistencies between the at least one translated second level event sequence and the executed second level event sequence where the executed second level event sequence and the executed first level event sequence being part of a multi-level sequence flow.

There is provided a method of operating a Service Communication Proxy, SCP, node (608, 1000) in a communication network as a proxy network repository function, NRF, for a first network function, NF, producer node in the communication network. The first NF producer node (602, 1100) is to migrate from a direct communication mode with a first NF consumer node (606) to an indirect communication mode with the first NF consumer node (606) via the SCP node (608, 1000). The SCP node (608, 1000) discovers a NF profile for the first NF producer node (602, 1100), wherein the NF profile for the first NF producer node (602, 1100) is stored by a first network repository function, NRF, node (604) in the communication network, and the NF profile comprises a service address for the first NF producer node (602, 1100); receives a registration request from the first NF producer node (602, 1100), wherein the registration request is a request to register a NF profile for the first NF producer node (602, 1100) at a NRF node (604), wherein the registration request indicates the service address for the first NF producer node (602, 1100); and, in response to the received registration request, sends an update request to the first NRF node (604) to update the NF profile for the first NF producer node (602, 1100) stored by the first NRF node (604) to replace the service address of the first NF producer node (602, 1100) with a first service address of the SCP node (608, 1000) that is associated with the service address of the first NF producer node (602, 1100).