Systems and Methods for Customizing Layer-2 Protocol
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsXu Li, Ngoc Dung Dao
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Abstract
A method includes: receiving, by a controller of a layer-2 network abstraction comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by links, information defining at least a performance of each link; identifying, by the controller, at least one underperforming link of the network based on the received information; and for each identified under-performing link of the network: computing, by the controller, at least one updated layer-2 protocol parameter for at least one traffic flow of the under-performing link based on the information; and sending, by the controller, the at least one updated layer-2 protocol parameter to at least one node of the under-performing link
Claims15
A method for customizing Layer-2 protocol, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller of a layer-2 network abstraction comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by links, information defining at least a performance of each link ;
- identifying, by the controller, at least one underperforming link of the network based on the received information;
- and
- for each identified underperforming link of the network:
- computing, by the controller, at least one updated layer-2 protocol parameter for at least one traffic flow of the under-performing link based on the information;
- and sending, by the controller, the at least one updated layer-2 protocol parameter to at least one node of the under-performing link.
A controller of a layer-2 abstraction of a network comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by links, the controller comprising:
- a central processing unit;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium storing software instructions configured to control the central processor unit to:
- receive information defining at least a performance of each link of the layer-2 abstraction;
- identify at least one under-performing link of the network based on the received information;
- and
- for each identified under-performing link:
- computing updated layer-2 protocol parameters for at least one traffic flow of the under-performing link;
- and sending the at least one updated layer-2 protocol parameter for at least one traffic flow of the under-performing link to at least one node of the under-performing link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.