H04L41/0886

AUTOMATION AGENT FOR NETWORK EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION
20220321414 · 2022-10-06 ·

The described technology is generally directed towards an automation agent for network equipment configuration. The automation agent can be incorporated into a network automation platform. The network automation platform can include, inter alia, a communication channel, such as a data movement as a platform (DMaaP) communication channel, which is used by various components of the network automation platform. The disclosed automation agent can monitor the communication channel for network equipment configuration communications generated by other components of the network automation platform. In response to a network equipment configuration communication, the automation agent can create an interface update file comprising the updated interface configuration data, and send the interface update file to a network equipment configuration update service for deployment to the network equipment.

Software defined networking orchestration method and SDN controller

A SDN orchestration method includes: obtaining a first request for creating a first logical switch; creating a control plane instance of the first logical switch, and sending first configuration information to instruct the first forwarding device to configure the data plane instance of the first logical switch; obtaining a second request for connecting the first logical switch to a first logical router; sending second configuration information to instruct the first forwarding device to configure a first port of the data plane instance of the first logical switch to be communicatively connected to a second port of a data plane instance of the first logical router on the second forwarding device configured with the data plane instance of the first logical router; and sending third configuration information to instruct the second forwarding device to configure the second port to be communicatively connected to the first port.

Zero touch deployment and dynamic configuration

Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for zero touch deployment and dynamic configuration. A management server receives a dynamic configuration value for a configuration setting via a configuration service, and generates configuration information including a mapping of a configuration setting to the dynamic configuration value. Further, the management server receives a configuration information request including an identifier associated with a remote client device, and sends the configuration information to the remote client device.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NETWORK AUTOMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
20230147409 · 2023-05-11 ·

Disclosed is a 5.sup.th generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system provided to support a higher data transmission rate than that of post-4.sup.th generation (4G) communication systems, such as long term evolution (LTE). A method of operating a network node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a plurality of first network nodes, network data, generating first recommendation operation information for a second network node based on the network data, and transmitting, to the second network node, a first analysis result message including the first recommendation operation information.

Flexible Ethernet Flexe Automatic Configuration Method and Apparatus
20230142251 · 2023-05-11 ·

Embodiments of this application disclose a FlexE information automatic configuration method, and the method may be implemented by a first communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus may receive first FlexE configuration information sent by a second communication apparatus. After receiving the first FlexE configuration information, the first communication apparatus may perform local FlexE configuration based on the first FlexE configuration information, so that FlexE configuration information of the first communication apparatus is consistent with FlexE configuration information of the second communication apparatus, to establish a FlexE connection. The second FlexE configuration information is used to perform FlexE configuration on a first physical interface on the first communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus may obtain the first FlexE configuration information, and implement the FlexE configuration on the first physical interface based on the first FlexE configuration information.

AUTOMATIC POLICY CONFIGURATION FOR PACKET FLOWS
20230146525 · 2023-05-11 ·

Techniques are disclosed for providing automatic policy configuration for packet flows. For example, a computing device comprises a virtual node and one or more virtual execution elements coupled to the virtual node. The computing device may also comprise one or more processors configured to: receive a packet originating from an application workload hosted on the one or more virtual execution elements and destined for a remote destination device; determine the packet is part of a new packet flow; in response, configure, by a kernel of the computing device and without sending the packet to a user space of the computing device, a policy for a forward packet flow for the new packet flow; configure, by the kernel, a policy for a reverse packet flow associated with the forward packet flow; and send the packet toward the remote destination device in accordance with the policy for the forward packet flow.

AUTOMATIC DERIVATION OF REPOSITORY ACCESS DATA BASED ON SYMBOLIC CONFIGURATION
20230145890 · 2023-05-11 ·

A method comprises storing an electronic configuration document that identifies configurations of users, groups, and/or permissions relating to access to computer program artifacts in a first repository of an artifact repository system that is geographically distributed. The users and groups include external user groups who do not have explicit user-based permissions to view contents of a repository of the artifact repository system. The artifact repository system comprise second repositories that respectively replicate third repositories and have associated sets of properties, the third repositories including a repository external to the artifact repository system and associated with an external user group. The configurations comprise at least one configuration for configuring external visibility of computer program artifacts for one or more external user groups. The method further comprises deriving from the electronic configuration document, a plurality of regional repository settings values for each second repository based on the associated set of properties.

FACILITATING MULTIPLE STEP NETWORK CONFIGURATION ACTIVATION AUTOMATION BASED ON PARALLEL PROCESSING
20230145797 · 2023-05-11 ·

Facilitating multiple step network configuration activation automation based on parallel processing is provided herein. Operations of a system include based on a determination that a network activation is to be implemented on target equipment, parsing the network activation into a first group of initialization portion actions and a second group of active target actions. The operations also can include implementing, via first parallel processing, the first group of initialization portion actions on the target equipment. Further, the operations can include, based on a second determination of a completion of the implementing of the first group of initialization portion actions, implementing, via second parallel processing, the second group of active target actions on the target equipment during an implementation period. The target equipment are equipment of a virtual local area network.

Software defined network lifecycle tracking and management

A device in an evolved packet core (EPC) which includes a processor and a memory. The processor effectuates operations including receiving from one or more devices residing within a customer premise equipment (CPE) portion of a telecommunications network, sensor data associated with one or more customers and in response to receiving the sensor data, generating a data request for an ecosystem status for the CPE portion of the telecommunications network. The processor further effectuates operations including obtaining customer information for the one or more customers and creating an analytics environment, using the customer information, for the one or more customers. The processor further effectuates operations including performing, within the analytics environment, analytics on the sensor data to determine a state of the CPE portion of the telecommunications network for the one or more customers and in response to performing analytics on the sensor data, optimizing the telecommunications network.

Multi-fabric VLAN configuration system

A multi-fabric VLAN configuration system includes a first fabric with server devices that are configured to communicate using VLANs, a primary I/O module coupled to the server devices, and a first fabric management system coupled to the server devices and the primary I/O module. The first fabric management system identifies VLAN information associated with the VLANs, automatically configures the primary I/O module using the VLAN information, and causes the VLAN information to be transmitted by the primary I/O module. A second fabric in the multi-fabric VLAN configuration system includes a leaf switch device that is coupled to the primary I/O module and that receives the VLAN information, and a second fabric management system that is coupled to the leaf switch device and that receives the VLAN information from the leaf switch device, and automatically configures the leaf switch device using the VLAN information.