Scalable and robust network management for cloud-based NAT environments
US11075792B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/146
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Scalable, robust cloud-based network management systems (NMSs) are described. In one, an NMS includes a set of NMS applications, a pool of device communication managers (DCMs), and a pool of device operations managers (DOMs). Each of the DCMs and DOMs executed by the processors as software containers. The NMS includes an API gateway configured to route remote procedure calls (RPCs) from the DCMs to the DOMs via the APIs exposed by the DOMs and according to device identifiers of the managed elements. The DOMs are configured to establish a set of persistent application-layer communication sessions from the DOMs to the DCMs and to direct communications from the NMS applications to the DCMs over the persistent application-layer communication sessions according to a mapping between device identifiers associated with the managed elements and network addresses associated with the DCMs.
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