Open network connections

• US 9,413,547 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2011
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Hiscock, James Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Brenda H
• Application Number:
  US13/304,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20120069770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,721 Days
• Field of Search: 370/349, 370/389, 370/328, 370/338, 370/230
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/64 using an overlay routing layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/125 by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering

Abstract

One or more logical network connection points are provided within an electronic communications network. The logical network connections are provided via an interface between one or more connectivity plane devices and a network connected application, service, or control plane function in the electronic communication network. The network connected application, service, or control plane function registers itself as a logical network resident (NR) with a function in the connectivity plane that provides a logical network connection between the network resident and another logical network connection point.

Claims

1. A traffic access provider comprising:

traffic reception circuitry to receive network traffic from a network resident over a local area network (LAN), the network traffic comprising a network resident identifier;

filter determination logic to determine whether the network traffic satisfies a specified network traffic filter, wherein the specified network traffic filter is included in a request communicated by the network resident;

traffic modification logic to modify the network traffic to produce modified network traffic if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

traffic sending logic to send the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on an established connection if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter, wherein the request communicated by the network resident further includes a specification of a particular level of network traffic security screening.

2. The traffic access provider according to claim 1, further comprising:

security screening logic to determine whether the network traffic satisfies the particular level of network traffic security screening; and

wherein the traffic sending logic comprises logic to send the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on the established connection only if the network traffic satisfies the particular level of network traffic security screening.

3. A traffic access provider comprising:

traffic reception circuitry to receive network traffic from a network resident over a local area network (LAN), the network traffic comprising a network resident identifier;

filter determination logic to determine whether the network traffic satisfies a specified network traffic filter, wherein the specified network traffic filter is included in a request communicated by the network resident and wherein the network traffic identifies parameters of the specific network traffic;

traffic modification logic to modify the network traffic to produce modified network traffic if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

traffic sending logic to send the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on an established connection if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter, wherein the traffic modification logic comprises logic to modify the network traffic in accordance with a managed connection transmission descriptor associated with the network connection to produce the modified network traffic.

4. The traffic access provider according to claim 3, wherein the request includes the managed connection transmission descriptor.

5. The traffic access provider according to claim 3, further comprising:

logic to associate the managed connection transmission descriptor with a managed network connection with the network resident.

6. The traffic access provider according to claim 5, wherein the managed network connection comprises a receive-only connection.

7. A traffic access provider comprising:

traffic reception circuitry to receive network traffic from a network resident over a local area network (LAN), the network traffic comprising a network resident identifier;

filter determination logic to determine whether the network traffic satisfies a specified network traffic filter, wherein the specified network traffic filter is included in a request communicated by the network resident and wherein the network traffic identifies parameters of the specific network traffic;

traffic modification logic to modify the network traffic to produce modified network traffic if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

traffic sending logic to send the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on an established connection if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

connection establishment logic to establish a managed network connection with the network resident in response to receipt of the request including the specification of a network traffic filter and the network resident identifier.

8. The traffic access provider according to claim 7, wherein the request further includes traffic screening specification identifying authorized transmitting of Open Network Connections corresponding to data transmitters from which the network resident will receive data.

9. The traffic access provider according to claim 8, further comprising:

connection establishment logic to establish a transmit-only managed network connection with the network resident in response to the request.

10. A method for controlling local area networking (LAN) traffic comprising:

receiving network traffic over the LAN, the network traffic comprising an identifier of a network resident;

determining whether the network traffic satisfies a specified network traffic filter, wherein the specified network filter is included in a received request;

modifying the network traffic to produce modified network traffic if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

sending the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on any connection established with the network resident if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter, wherein the request communicated by the network resident further includes a specification of a particular level of network traffic security screening;

determining whether the network traffic satisfies the particular level of network traffic security screening; and

sending the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on the established connection only if the network traffic satisfies the particular level of network traffic security screening.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

registering an end node as the network resident; and

assigning the resident identifier to the network resident.

12. A method for controlling local area networking (LAN) traffic comprising:

receiving network traffic over the LAN, the network traffic comprising an identifier of a network resident;

determining whether the network traffic satisfies a specified network traffic filter, wherein the specified network filter is included in a received request and wherein the network traffic identifies parameters of the specific network traffic;

modifying the network traffic to produce modified network traffic if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

sending the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on any connection established with the network resident if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

modifying the network traffic in accordance with a managed connection transmission descriptor associated with the network connection to produce the modified network traffic.

13. A method for controlling local area networking (LAN) traffic comprising:

receiving network traffic over the LAN, the network traffic comprising an identifier of a network resident;

determining whether the network traffic satisfies a specified network traffic filter, wherein the specified network filter is included in a received request and wherein the network traffic identifies parameters of the specific network traffic;

modifying the network traffic to produce modified network traffic if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

sending the modified network traffic to the network resident over the LAN on any connection established with the network resident if the network traffic satisfies the specified network traffic filter; and

establishing a managed network connection with the network resident in response to receipt of the request including the specification of a network traffic filter and the network resident identifier.