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Policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system

US9507932B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Michael Scharf · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Voith · West Hempstead, US
Manuel Stein · Stuttgart, DE
Yihao Zhang · Nanhu, CN
Gordon Wilfong · Bedminster, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2014
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/0894
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system is presented. The capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system may support use of topology abstraction policies to control abstraction of topology information of a topology (e.g., a network topology of a communication network or any other suitable type of topology). The capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system providing an abstract representation of a topology may support use of topology abstraction policies to control selection (or acceptance) of topology elements for inclusion within the abstract representation of a topology and filtering (or rejection) of topology elements from being included within the abstract representation of a topology. The capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system providing an abstract representation of a topology may support use of topology abstraction policies to control clustering of topology elements selected for inclusion within the abstract representation of the topology.

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