Network traffic data processing system and method for auto-configuration of a router
First Claim
1. A method of processing data for a communication router having a layered architecture comprising at least one physical layer connected by at least one connection to at least one communication network and placed immediately under at least one data link layer in turn placed immediately under at least one network layer, which method comprises:
- i) analyzing at the level of a data link layer data traffic from each network reaching a physical layer via each of its connections, ii) determining configuration data for said network layer concerned from said network traffic data, and iii) configuring said network layer concerned on the basis of said configuration data as a function of said traffic of each network.
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Abstract
A data processing system is disclosed for a communication router having a layered architecture comprising at least one physical layer connected by at least one connection to at least one communication network and placed immediately under at least one data link layer which is itself placed immediately under at least one network layer. The data processing system comprises processors in each data link layer to analyze traffic data from each network reaching a physical layer via each of its connections and to determine configuration data for configuring the network layer concerned from the network traffic data. There is at least one application programming interface between the data link layer concerned and the network layer concerned, independent of each network technology and able to transfer the particular configuration data to the network layer concerned so that it is configured as a function of each network traffic.
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1. A method of processing data for a communication router having a layered architecture comprising at least one physical layer connected by at least one connection to at least one communication network and placed immediately under at least one data link layer in turn placed immediately under at least one network layer, which method comprises:
- i) analyzing at the level of a data link layer data traffic from each network reaching a physical layer via each of its connections, ii) determining configuration data for said network layer concerned from said network traffic data, and iii) configuring said network layer concerned on the basis of said configuration data as a function of said traffic of each network.
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- 19. A data processing system for a communication router having a layered architecture comprising at least one physical layer connected by at least one connection to at least one communication network and placed immediately under at least one data link layer which is itself placed immediately under at least one network layer, which system comprises processing means implemented in each data link layer and adapted to analyze traffic data from each network reaching a physical layer via each of its connections and to determine configuration data for configuring the network layer concerned from said network traffic data, and at least one application programming interface between the data link layer concerned and the network layer concerned, independent of each network technology and adapted to transfer said particular configuration data to said network layer concerned so that it is configured as a function of each network traffic.
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