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Network self-protection

US8976661B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. · US

Inventors

Cristian Lumezanu · Princeton Junction, US
Guofei Jiang · Princeton, US
Yueping Zhang · Princeton, US
Vishal Singh · New York, US
Ye Wang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 8, 2013
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/50
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device used in a network is disclosed. The device includes a network monitor to monitor a network state and to collect statistics for flows going through the network, a flow aggregation unit to aggregate flows into clusters and identify flows that can cause a network problem, and an adaptive control unit to adaptively regulate the identified flow according to network feedback. Other methods and systems also are disclosed.

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