A data driven intent based networking approach using a light weight distributed SDN controller for delivering intelligent consumer experience

A network controller for a software defined network (SDN), the network controller comprising one or more modules operable to:

• generate by a master SDN controller a plurality of discrete co-controllers each associated with a particular end user;
• dispatch the SDN co-controller by the master SDN controller to the networked devices associated with the respective end users for controlling thereof;
• install the SDN co-controllers on the networked devices;
• register the installed SDN co-controllers with the master SDN controller;
• use the SDN co-controllers to extract service level parameters from one or more networked devices or from one or more applications associated with individual end users;
• maintain a record for each end user containing the extracted service level parameters associated with the corresponding end user;
• select a service level policy for each end user based on the record;
• and
• apply the selected service level policy to one or more networked devices or to one or more applications associated with the corresponding end user via the SDN-co-controllers.

An article of manufacture comprising a processor-readable medium having embodied therein executable program code that when executed by the processing device causes the processing device to perform:

• generating by a master SDN controller a plurality of discrete co-controllers each associated with a particular end user;
• dispatching the SDN co-controller by the master SDN controller to the networked devices associated with the respective end users for controlling thereof;
• installing the SDN co-controllers on the networked devices;
• registering the installed SDN co-controllers with the master SDN controller;
• using the SDN co-controllers to extract service level parameters from one or more networked devices or from one or more applications associated with individual end users;
• maintaining a record for each end user containing the extracted service level parameters associated with the corresponding end user;
• selecting a service level policy for each end user based on the record;
• and
• applying the selected service level policy to one or more networked devices or to one or more applications associated with the corresponding end user via the SDN-co-controllers.