Backhaul fabric for wireless network

    公开(公告)号:US11019673B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-25

    申请号:US16505630

    申请日:2019-07-08

    摘要: A distributed network comprises a network fabric of networking nodes interconnected with each other through at least one of a physical link and a wireless link. The networking nodes include a plurality of access points, each access point configured to allow a first device to exchange data with a second device through the network fabric. A network fabric manager is configured to establish a network topology among the networking nodes, maintain a communication channel over the network topology between the first device and the second device, and transfer manager responsibilities from a first networking node to a different networking node while retaining connectivity.

    Backhaul fabric for wireless network

    公开(公告)号:US10321509B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15784527

    申请日:2017-10-16

    摘要: A plurality of networking nodes provides a wireless network fabric that serves at least two devices. Each networking node stores global communication topology information for the wireless network fabric. One of the networking nodes performs global fabric management functions to maintain a communication channel among the at least two devices, and is responsive to a triggering event to identify a next global fabric manager from the other networking nodes. Upon detection of an attack, the global fabric management responsibilities migrate from the networking node to the next global fabric manager while maintaining connectivity between the at least two devices.

    Vector-based anomaly detection
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10218732B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-26

    申请号:US15480646

    申请日:2017-04-06

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 G06F21/55

    摘要: A hybrid-fabric apparatus comprises a black box memory configured to store a plurality of behavior metrics and an anomaly agent coupled to the black box. The anomaly agent determines a baseline vector corresponding to nominal behavior of the fabric, wherein the baseline vector comprises at least two different behavior metrics that are correlated with each other. The anomaly agent disaggregates anomaly detection criteria into a plurality of anomaly criterion to be distributed among network nodes in the fabric, the anomaly detection criteria characterizing a variation from the baseline vector, and each of the plurality of anomaly criterion comprising a function of a measured vector of behavior metrics. The variation can be calculated based on a variation function applied to a vector of measured behavior metrics having elements corresponding to member elements of the baseline vector. Anomaly criterion statuses calculated by at least some of the plurality of network nodes are aggregated to detect anomalous behavior. Each anomaly criterion status can be calculated by a network node as a function of the network node's anomaly criterion and a measured vector of the at least two different behavior metrics.

    DISTRIBUTED NETWORK INTERFACES FOR APPLICATION CLOAKING AND SPOOFING

    公开(公告)号:US20180367343A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US16048103

    申请日:2018-07-27

    IPC分类号: H04L12/66 H04L29/06

    摘要: Systems and methods associated with distributing an application's network interface over nodes of a networking fabric are presented. Nodes of the fabric can operate as interface modules, each taking on a role or responsibility for a portion of the application's network address including IP address, port assignments, or other portions of the network address. Interface modules of the networking nodes can then spoof or cloak the application to provide security against internal or external threats.

    Vector-based anomaly detection
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09716723B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-25

    申请号:US14887842

    申请日:2015-10-20

    摘要: Methods of detecting anomalous behaviors associated with a fabric are presented. A network fabric can comprise many fungible networking nodes, preferably hybrid-fabric apparatus capable of routing general purpose packet data and executing distributed applications. A nominal behavior can be established for the fabric and represented by a baseline vector of behavior metrics. Anomaly detection criteria can be derived as a function of a variation from the baseline vector based on measured vectors of behavior metrics. Nodes in the fabric can provide a status for one or more anomaly criterion, which can be aggregated to determine if an anomalous behavior has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur.

    Harmonized control planes, systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10924427B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16136130

    申请日:2018-09-19

    摘要: A network switch comprises a plurality of optical physical transport layer resources and a control plane management engine capable of receiving, via a request over a network interface, at least one control plane provisioning policy that maps at least one upper layer resource to at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources. The control plane management engine provisions at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources for use by at least one virtual control plane, which operates according to rules of the control plane provisioning policy. The control plane management engine is configured to manage network traffic among the at least some optical physical transport layer resources and external networking nodes according to the at least one virtual control plane.