MULTI-HOP PHYSICAL LAYER DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOL

    公开(公告)号:US20220103473A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17032450

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments utilize a layer three and/or layer four protocol to collect physical layer properties along a multi-hop network path between a source node and a destination node. The use of a layer three or layer four protocol provides an ability to span multiple links or networks between the source node and destination node, while also collecting the physical layer properties. Once physical layer properties along a network path can be understood, decisions relating to the configuration of the network path and/or whether to communicate via the network path are improved.

    Securing multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) payloads

    公开(公告)号:US11882029B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-23

    申请号:US17663319

    申请日:2022-05-13

    CPC classification number: H04L45/50 H04L45/66 H04L63/0464 H04L63/061 H04L69/22

    Abstract: In some implementations, an ingress network device of a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network may receive a packet destined for a destination network device. The ingress network device may determine, based on the packet, a secure function to secure the packet and a label associated with a label-switched path (LSP) from the ingress network device to an egress network device of the MPLS network that is associated with the destination network device. The ingress network device may encrypt, using the secure function, the packet to generate an encrypted packet. The ingress network device may generate an MPLS packet comprising: an MPLS header that includes the label and a secure function indicator, a secure MPLS data header that includes information identifying the secure function, and an MPLS payload that includes the encrypted packet. The ingress network device may forward, based on the label, the MPLS packet.

    Error handling for media access control security

    公开(公告)号:US11336647B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US17038222

    申请日:2020-09-30

    Abstract: Embodiments improve error detection and recovery in media access control security sessions. A MACsec session is torn down after three liveness time intervals elapse without receiving a MACsec key exchange protocol data unit (MKPDU) from a remote peer. This delay between a cessation of effective network communication over the MACsec session and the expiration of the three “liveness” intervals results in increased packet loss and an increased network convergence time as a network continues to route/forward data over the MACsec session for a period of time after the MACsec session has entered secure block mode. To solve this problem, embodiments define a new alarm, called a MACsec link alert, which is raised earlier than a MACsec session timeout generated by traditional embodiments. The MACsec link alert is raised, by at least some embodiments, after a failure to successfully receive an MKPDU from the remote peer after a single MACsec “liveness” timeout interval elapses.

    Securing multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) payloads

    公开(公告)号:US12244493B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US18531947

    申请日:2023-12-07

    Abstract: In some implementations, an egress network device of a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network may exchange Internet key exchange (IKE) messages with an ingress network device of the MPLS network to establish a security association between the egress network device and the ingress network device. The egress network device may receive an MPLS packet that includes an MPLS header, a secure MPLS data header, and an MPLS payload. The egress network device may process the MPLS header to determine a label associated with a label-switched path (LSP) and a secure function indicator. The egress network device may decrypt, using a secure function identified based on the secure MPLS data header, the MPLS payload to generate a decrypted packet. The egress network device may transmit the decrypted packet towards a destination device.

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