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Method and system for determining network-wide interactions between forwarding elements in a network

US9548932B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Roberto Bifulco · Heidelberg, DE
Peer Hasselmeyer · Frankfurt, DE
Marcus Brunner · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2013
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/645
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting interactions on a forwarding element in a network, the element adapted to forward data according to rules, a rule set installed on the element, and including a match set and corresponding action set, the match set including at least one match field and the action set including one or more actions wherein action to be performed when matching a match set includes determining one or more relations between match sets based on match field relations, determining one or more relations between action sets, determining one or more interactions between rules based on determined relations between match sets and action sets, each rule being tested against another rule for determining the interaction, and reducing the rule set to an actual rule set according to determined interactions so that the actual rule set includes only rules with no interactions among them.

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