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Context-aware network service policy management

  • US 9,667,653 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2014
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • configuring a computer with a set of context-aware data forwarding policies of a network having a dynamic context;

    monitoring the dynamic context of the network;

    determining a set of network configuration forwarding rules for one or more data forwarding devices of the network, responsively to the configured context-aware data forwarding policies and the dynamic context of the network;

    operating by the computer, a first thread that detects changes in the dynamic context of the network, responsively to the monitoring and in response to detected changes, updates, based on the set of context-aware data forwarding policies and the detected changes in the dynamic context, the set of network configuration forwarding rules;

    in parallel to operating the first thread, operating a second thread that receives rule requests and in response to the received rule requests conveys to the data forwarding devices, the updated set of network configuration forwarding rules; and

    handling packets by the data forwarding devices according to the conveyed updated set of network configuration forwarding rules.

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