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Method and apparatus for software programmable intelligent network

  • US 10,057,181 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2014
  • Issued: 08/21/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for end-to-end control of data transport through a software-programmable packet-, frame-, or cell-based network, comprising:

  • controlling data transport through the network with one or more switching or forwarding devices distributed throughout the network in a first logical plane, wherein said switching or forwarding devices receive instructions from one or more management controllers situated in a second, logically separate plane for directing data transport through the network wherein said one or more management controllers further communicate with, to at least receive instructions from, at least one cognitive controller situated in a third, logically distinct control plane, said at least one cognitive controller containing instructions for computing routes through said network.

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