Centralized network control
AssigneeAternity Inc.
InventorsAminon Yacoby, Eden Shochat
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Abstract
A method and system of network control is disclosed. The method and system includes collecting real-time operation information on one or more first network elements of a network, selecting a policy to be implemented by at least one second network element, different from the first network element, responsive to the collected real time information from the one or more first network elements, the at least one second element including an end-point element of the network and enforcing the selected policy on an agent hosted by the at least one second network element.
Claims23
A method for controlling a network, said network comprising:
- a first set of two or more network elements and a second set of one or more network elements;
- wherein two or more of said network elements of said first set and one or more of said network elements of second set comprise an end point element of said network which hosts an agent;
- and
- a policy controller;
- said method comprising:
- collecting real-time operational information relating to attribute values at two or more agents from said first set of two or more network elements which host said agents;
- receiving said real-time operational information relating to said attribute values at said policy controller from said two or more agents from said first set;
- selecting a policy, by said policy controller, without human intervention, based on said real time information relating to said attribute values to be implemented by at least one of said second set of network elements hosting said at least one or more agents;
- and
- enforcing said selected policy on said at least one of said second set of network elements through said agent hosted thereby.
A system for controlling a network, said network comprising:
- a first set of two or more network elements and a second set of one or more network elements, wherein each network element of said first set and said second set comprises an end point element of said network which hosts an agent;
- wherein said agents hosted by said first set of two or more network elements are configured to collect real-time operational information relating to attribute values;
- wherein two or more of said agents hosted by said first set of two or more network elements are configured to enforce a selected policy, said enforcing comprising:
- repeatedly collecting, by at least two or more of said agents of said first set, updated real-time operational information relating to the attribute values,
- receiving instructions for performing the enforcement of a selected policy, and
- executing said instructions for performing the enforcement of said selected policy;
- and
- a policy controller,
- wherein said policy controller is configured to:
- receive said real-time operational information,
- select said selected policy, without human intervention, based on said real time information relating to said attribute values to be implemented by said agents hosted by said second set of one or more network elements
- transmit, to each agent hosted by network elements in said second set, said instructions for performing the enforcement of said selected policy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.