A method for providing control in a communication network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorUlrich GEBHARD
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Abstract
A method for providing control in a communication network including one or more network elements includes configuring a switch of a first network element of the communication network and a local controller of the first network element by means of one or more configuration messages received from a centralized controller and controlling one or more packet flows between one or more of the switch of the first network element, the local controller of the first network element, the centralized controller and one or more second network elements based on the configuration of the switch and of the local controller of the first network element.
Claims15
A Method for providing control in a communication network comprising one or more network elements, the method comprising:
- configuring a switch of a first network element of the communication network and a local controller of the first network element by means of one or more configuration messages received from a centralized controller;
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- controlling one or more packet flows between one or more of the switch of the first network element, the local controller of the first network element, the centralized controller and one or more second network elements based on the configuration of the switch and of the local controller of the first network element.
A first network element comprising a switch and a local controller, the switch and the local controller adapted to receive configuration messages from a centralized controller and adapted to control one or more packet flows between one or more of the switch of the first network element, the local controller of the first network element, the centralized controller and one or more second network elements based on the configuration of the switch and of the local controller of the first network element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.