US 2024/0403424 A1Published application

Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks

AssigneeForward Edge-AI, Inc.

InventorEric Adolphe

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Abstract

A system for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks. The system comprises a data center device, a network switch, and encryption retransmission devices. The encryption retransmission devices comprise an encryption unit and a communication unit. The encryption unit encrypts an egressing native packet received from the network switch and adds a connectionless header forms an egressing connectionless datagram, and decrypts an encrypted ingressing native packet of an ingressing connectionless datagram. The communication unit adds a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to an external encryption retransmission device, receives an ingressing packet comprising the encrypted ingressing native packet and a complex header from the external encryption retransmission device, removes the complex header and adds a connectionless header forming the ingressing connectionless datagram. The data center device performs data center operation on the ingressing native packet to generate the egressing native packet.

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Dependent claims

A system for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks, the system:

a data center device;
a network switch communicatively coupled with the data center device, wherein the network switch comprises a plurality of ports;
and
a plurality of encryption retransmission devices connected with the network switch through the plurality of ports, wherein at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices associated with at least one of the plurality of ports comprises:
at least one encryption unit configured for:
encrypting an egressing native packet received from the network switch using at least one encryption key to create an encrypted egressing native packet, wherein the data center device is configured for generating the egressing native packet;
adding a connectionless header to the encrypted egressing native packet to form an egressing connectionless datagram;
receiving an ingressing connectionless datagram comprising an ingressing encrypted native packet;
and
decrypting the encrypted ingressing native packet using the at least one encryption key to obtain an ingressing native packet, wherein the data center device is configured for performing at least one data center operation on the ingressing native packet for facilitating the fog computing, wherein the generating of the egressing native packet is based on the performing;
and
at least one communication unit communicatively coupled with the at least one encryption unit, wherein the at least one communication unit is paired with at least one external communication unit of at least one external encryption retransmission device associated with at least one external device, wherein the at least one communication unit is configured for:
receiving the egressing connectionless datagram;
adding a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to the at least one external encryption retransmission device;
receiving an ingressing packet comprising the encrypted ingressing native packet and a complex header from the at least one external encryption retransmission device;
and
removing the complex header from the ingressing packet;
adding a connectionless header to the ingressing packet for forming the ingressing connectionless datagram, wherein the ingressing connectionless datagram comprises the encrypted ingressing native packet.

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A system for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks, the system:

a data center device;
a network switch communicatively coupled with the data center device, wherein the network switch comprises a plurality of ports;
and
a plurality of encryption retransmission devices connected with the network switch through the plurality of ports, wherein at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices associated with at least one of the plurality of ports comprises:
at least one encryption unit configured for:
encrypting an egressing native packet received from the network switch using at least one encryption key to create an encrypted egressing native packet, wherein the data center device is configured for generating the egressing native packet;
adding a connectionless header to the encrypted egressing native packet to form an egressing connectionless datagram;
receiving an ingressing connectionless datagram comprising an ingressing encrypted native packet;
and
decrypting the encrypted ingressing native packet using the at least one encryption key to obtain an ingressing native packet, wherein the data center device is configured for performing at least one data center operation on the ingressing native packet for facilitating the fog computing, wherein the generating of the egressing native packet is based on the performing;
and
at least one communication unit communicatively coupled with the at least one encryption unit, wherein the at least one communication unit is paired with at least one external communication unit of at least one external encryption retransmission device associated with at least one external device, wherein the at least one communication unit is configured for:
receiving the egressing connectionless datagram;
adding a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to the at least one external encryption retransmission device;
receiving an ingressing packet comprising the encrypted ingressing native packet and a complex header from the at least one external encryption retransmission device;
and
removing the complex header from the ingressing packet;
and
adding a connectionless header to the ingressing packet for forming the ingressing connectionless datagram, wherein the ingressing connectionless datagram comprises the encrypted ingressing native packet, wherein the at least one external encryption retransmission device comprises:
at least one external encryption unit configured for:
encrypting an egressing native packet received from the at least one external device using at least one encryption key to create an encrypted egressing native packet;
adding a connectionless header to the encrypted egressing native packet to form an egressing connectionless datagram;
receiving an ingressing connectionless datagram comprising an ingressing encrypted native packet;
and
decrypting the encrypted ingressing native packet using the at least one encryption key;
and
the at least one external communication unit paired with the at least one communication unit of at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices, wherein the at least one external communication unit is configured for:
receiving the egressing connectionless datagram;
adding a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices;
receiving an ingressing packet comprising the encrypted ingressing native packet and a complex header from at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices;
removing the complex header from the ingressing packet;
and
adding a connectionless header to the ingressing packet for forming an ingressing connectionless datagram, wherein the ingressing connectionless datagram comprises the encrypted ingressing native packet.

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A system for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks, the system:

a data center device;
a network switch communicatively coupled with the data center device, wherein the network switch comprises a plurality of ports;
a plurality of encryption retransmission devices connected with the network switch through the plurality of ports, wherein at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices associated with at least one of the plurality of ports comprises:
at least one encryption unit configured for:
encrypting an egressing native packet received from the network switch using at least one encryption key to create an encrypted egressing native packet, wherein the data center device is configured for generating the egressing native packet;
adding a connectionless header to the encrypted egressing native packet to form an egressing connectionless datagram;
receiving an ingressing connectionless datagram comprising an ingressing encrypted native packet;
and
decrypting the encrypted ingressing native packet using the at least one encryption key to obtain an ingressing native packet, wherein the data center device is configured for performing at least one data center operation on the ingressing native packet for facilitating the fog computing, wherein the generating of the egressing native packet is based on the performing;
and
at least one communication unit communicatively coupled with the at least one encryption unit, wherein the at least one communication unit is paired with at least one external communication unit of at least one external encryption retransmission device associated with at least one external device, wherein the at least one communication unit is configured for:
receiving the egressing connectionless datagram;
adding a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to the at least one external encryption retransmission device;
receiving an ingressing packet comprising the encrypted ingressing native packet and a complex header from the at least one external encryption retransmission device;
and
removing the complex header from the ingressing packet;
and
adding a connectionless header to the ingressing packet for forming the ingressing connectionless datagram, wherein the ingressing connectionless datagram comprises the encrypted ingressing native packet;
and
at least one anomaly detector communicatively coupled with at least one of the data center device and at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices, wherein the at least one anomaly detector is configured for:
analyzing at least one signal associated with at least one of the data center device and at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices using at least one machine learning model;
determining an attack associated with at least one of the data center device and at least one of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices based on the analyzing;
and
generating an alert for the attack based on the determining of the attack.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/326,633Filed 31 May 2023
Published: 5 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 21/56
Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures: computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements
H04L 63/0428
For providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks: wherein the data content is protected, e.g.…
G06F 2221/034
Indexing scheme relating to G06F21/50, monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms: test or assess a computer or…
G06F
Computing and data processing

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