Scalable federated policy for network-provided flow-based performance metrics
US9444715B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/0876
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for providing and enforcing scalable federated policies for network-provided flow-based performance metrics. Due to different security concerns related to different domains, varying group policies can be applied to different domains to ensure proper sharing and receipt of flow-based performance metrics. Some policies can limit the type of performance metric being shared among the nodes in the domain. Some policies allow less information to be exposed by specifying aggregated performance metrics to be shared among the nodes in the domain. A group key management infrastructure can be provided to enforce these group policies in the network in a scalable manner.
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