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US 2019/0173764 A1Published application
Sdn control plane performance testing
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorCatello Di Martino
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally discloses a performance testing capability configured for performance testing in communication networks. The performance testing capability may be configured to support in-production performance testing in communication networks. The performance testing capability may be configured to support in-production performance testing in Software Defined Networking (SDN) based communication networks.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to support testing of a software defined network (SDN) comprising an SDN data plane and an SDN control plane, the processor configured to:
- receive, based on querying of the SDN control plane, a description of a topology of the SDN data plane;
- and
- configure, based on the description of the topology of the SDN data plane, a cloned SDN data plane configured to emulate the SDN data plane.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor based on querying of software defined network (SDN) control plane of an SDN comprising the SDN control plane and an SDN data plane, a description of a topology of the SDN data plane;
- and
- configuring, by the processor based on the description of the topology of the SDN data plane, a cloned SDN data plane configured to emulate the SDN data plane.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to support testing of a software defined network (SDN) comprising an SDN data plane and an SDN control plane, the processor configured to:
- receive, from a control plane switch, a mirrored service request associated with a service request associated with the SDN;
- and
- send the mirrored service request toward a cloned SDN controller configured to emulate an SDN controller of the SDN control plane.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor from a control plane switch, a mirrored service request associated with a service request associated with a software defined network (SDN) comprising an SDN data plane and an SDN control plane;
- and
- sending, by the processor, the mirrored service request toward a cloned SDN controller configured to emulate an SDN controller of the SDN control plane.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to:
- receive a service request for a service associated with a software defined network (SDN) comprising an SDN controller and an SDN data plane;
- and
- send the service request toward the SDN controller of the SDN and toward a set of testing resources supporting a cloned SDN configured to emulate the SDN.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.