System and apparatus of a software-service-defined-network (SSDN)

• US 10,389,620 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2017
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Incorporated (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chou, Wu, Luo, Min, Li, Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Faroul, Farah
• Application Number:
  US15/689,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20180006929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/042 comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0809 Plug-and-play configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/122 of virtualised topologies, e.g. software-defined networks [SDN] or network function virtualisation [NFV]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/14 Routing performance; Theoretical aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/16 Multipoint routing

Abstract

A network apparatus for a network software service layer (NSSL) service bus. The network apparatus includes a memory storing executable instructions and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing the executable instructions, where the processor is configured to receive a service description comprising a named service and a network identifier identifying a network node associated with the named service, select a service description according to the named service, and transmit a named service request to the network node according to the service description selected.

Claims

1. A network apparatus for a network software service layer (NSSL) service bus, the network apparatus comprising:

a memory storing executable instructions and including a service registration comprising a network information base (NIB) shared between the NSSL service bus and a second NSSL service bus; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing the executable instructions, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive a service description comprising a name of a service and a network identifier identifying a network node that provides the service;

select the service description according to the service; and

a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit a service request to the network node according to the service description selected.

2. The network apparatus of claim 1 wherein the NIB is a centralized NIB and the NSSL service bus maintains a cached NIB.

3. The network apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to index the service description based on the network identifier.

4. The network apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to couple a network operating system services (NOSS) node to the NSSL service bus, and wherein the NOSS node is configured to manage network resources for network applications.

5. The network apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to couple a routing services (RS) node to the NSSL service bus, and wherein the RS node is configured to implement algorithms to forward packets between network nodes.

6. The network apparatus of claim 1, wherein the NSSL service bus is coupled to a controller services (CS) node, wherein the CS node is configured to implement strategies to control a flow of data packets in a network.

7. The network apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to store load information of each network node identified in each service description.

8. The network apparatus of claim 7, wherein the service description is stored in the service registration, and wherein the processor is further configured to select the service description according to load information of the network node identified by the service description.

9. The network apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to store state information of each network node identified in the service description in the service registration.

10. The network apparatus of claim 9, wherein the service registration comprises the service description having a same named service as another service description, and wherein the processor is further configured to select one of the service description or the another service description according to state information of network nodes identified by the service description and the another service description.

11. A method of forwarding named service requests, comprising:

storing a first service description in a service registration, wherein the first service description comprises a name of a service and a network node identifier identifying a network node that provides the service;

storing a second service description in the service registration, wherein the second service description comprises the name of the service and a second network node identifier identifying a second network node that provides the service, the service of the first service description and the service of the second service description being the same;

receiving a first service request, the first service request comprising a request for the service;

receiving a second service request, the second service request comprising a second request for the service;

choosing between the first service description and the second service description according to a comparison of a load on the network node associated with the first service description and a second load on the second network node associated with the second service description;

selecting the network node identifier when the first service description has been chosen and selecting the second network node identifier when the second service description has been chosen; and

transmitting the first service request to the network node when the network node identifier has been selected and transmitting the second service request to the second network node when the second network node identifier has been selected.

12. A method of forwarding named service requests, comprising:

storing a first service description in a service registration, wherein the first service description comprises a name of a service and a network node identifier identifying a network node that provides the service;

storing a second service description in the service registration, wherein the second service description comprises the name of the service and a second network node identifier identifying a second network node that provides the service, the service of the first service description and the service of the second service description being the same;

receiving a first service request, the first service request comprising a request for the service;

receiving a second service request, the second service request comprising a second request for the service;

choosing between the first service description and the second service description according to a comparison of a speed of a connection to the network node associated with the first service description and a speed of a connection to the second network node associated with the second service description;

selecting the network node identifier when the first service description has been chosen and selecting the second network node identifier when the second service description has been chosen; and

transmitting the first service request to the network node when the network node identifier has been selected and transmitting the second service request to the second network node when the second network node identifier has been selected.