Systems and methods for managing multilayer communication networks
AssigneeSedonasys Systems Ltd
InventorsYona Shikhmanter, Ornan Alexander Gerstel, Gal Afriat, Vladimir Miliavsky
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Abstract
A system for mapping a multilayer network having a server layer and a client layer is provided. The system includes a framework configured for comparing information obtained from a first traffic counter of a client port to information obtained from a second traffic counter of a server port to thereby determine if the client port and the server port are linked.
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A system for mapping a multi-layer communication network having an optical layer and an internet protocol (IP) layer, the system comprising:
- a first traffic counter located at a port of the optical layer;
- a second traffic counter located at a port of the IP layer;
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- a controller comprising a processor configured to execute instructions for:
- receiving by the processor traffic data from the first traffic counter and the second traffic counter;
- calculating by the processor a traffic pattern in the port of the optical layer and a traffic pattern in the port of the IP layer from the traffic data received from the first traffic counter and the second traffic counter;
- comparing by the processor the traffic pattern in the port of the optical layer to the traffic pattern of the port of the IP layer;
- calculating by the processor a match value from the compared traffic patterns representing a likelihood of a match between the optical layer port and the IP layer port indicative of connected ports;
- and
- determining by the processor that the port of the optical layer and the port of the IP layer are connected when the match value exceeds a predefined threshold value.
A system for mapping a multi-layer communication network having an optical layer and an internet protocol (IP) layer, the system comprising:
- a first traffic counter located at a port of the optical layer;
- a second traffic counter located at a port of the IP layer;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor configured to execute instructions for:
- receiving by the processor traffic data from the first traffic counter and the second traffic counter;
- calculating by the processor a traffic pattern in the port of the optical layer and a traffic pattern in the port of the IP layer from the traffic data received from the first traffic counter and the second traffic counter;
- comparing by the processor the traffic pattern in the port of the optical layer to the traffic pattern of the port of the IP layer;
- calculating b the processor a match value from the compared traffic patterns representing a likelihood of a match between the optical layer port and the IP layer port indicative of connected ports;
- determining by the processor that the port of the optical layer and the port of the IP layer are connected when the match value exceeds a predefined threshold value, and
- identifying by the processor IP ports of a single link bundle that are routed through the same path of the optical layer.
A system for mapping a multi-layer communication network having an optical layer and an internet protocol (IP) layer, the system comprising:
- a first traffic counter located at a port of the optical layer;
- a second traffic counter located at a port of the IP layer;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor configured to execute instructions for:
- receiving by the processor traffic data from the first traffic counter and the second traffic counter;
- calculating by the processor a traffic pattern in the port of the optical layer and a traffic pattern in the port of the IP layer from the traffic data received from the first traffic counter and the second traffic counter;
- comparing by the processor the traffic pattern in the port of the optical layer to the traffic pattern of the port of the IP layer;
- calculating by the processor a match value from the compared traffic patterns representing a likelihood of a match between the optical layer port and the IP layer port indicative of connected ports;
- determining by the processor that the port of the optical layer and the port of the IP layer are connected when the match value exceeds a predefined threshold value, and
- identifying IP ports of a single link bundle that are routed through the same path of the optical layer and using said IP ports interchangeably to reroute traffic, wherein said IP ports have substantially the same capacity.
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