Method and an appliance for maintaining a configuration data structure

    公开(公告)号:US10476741B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15550524

    申请日:2015-02-12

    申请人: CORIANT OY

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24

    摘要: Disclosed is a device for maintaining a configuration data structure expressing configuration of a device. The configuration is maintained by an operative process making desired changes to the configuration and adding, to the configuration data structure, change descriptors indicative of the changes. When the configuration data structure is updated, an auxiliary process is run in parallel with the operative process. The auxiliary process includes requesting functional entities of the device to report their configurations prevailing at an update time instant, and constructing an auxiliary configuration data structure on the basis of the reported information. The configuration data structure is updated by replacing a portion of the configuration data structure corresponding to the update time instant with the auxiliary configuration data structure. There is no need to freeze the configuration during the update because the auxiliary process is run in parallel with the operative process.

    Network element and a controller for managing the network element

    公开(公告)号:US10313189B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US14554506

    申请日:2014-11-26

    IPC分类号: G06F16/24 H04L12/24

    摘要: A software-defined network includes a database (105) that is accessible to a controller system (108, 109) of the software defined network and also to network elements (101-014) of the software defined network. The controller system determines configuration data and delivers it to the database. Each network element retrieves its part of the configuration data from the database and implements the retrieved part of the configuration data into its own configuration system that enables the network element to operate as a part of the software-defined network. The commonly used database facilitates maintaining the congruence between the network elements and the controller system of the software-defined network.

    Network element and a controller for managing the network element

    公开(公告)号:US09871695B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-16

    申请号:US14785913

    申请日:2015-05-18

    申请人: CORIANT OY

    IPC分类号: G06F15/177 H04L12/24

    CPC分类号: H04L41/0803 H04L41/0873

    摘要: A network element of a software-defined network includes a data transfer interface (211) for receiving and transmitting data and a processing system (212) for constructing, in accordance with configuration data received from a controller system of the software-defined network, a configuration system for managing data to be forwarded. The processing system is adapted to configure a first portion of the configuration system to associate, with data received at the network element, a configuring entity-specific identifier (CEID) that identifies a configuring entity, for example an application, related to the received data. The configuring entity-specific identifier constitutes at least a part of metadata associated with the received data. Appropriate other portions of the configuration system are configured to use this metadata when determining actions to be carried out in conjunction with the received data. The configuring entity-specific identifier prevents conflicts between different configuring entities, for example applications, in the configuration system.

    Circuit board
    4.
    发明授权
    Circuit board 有权
    电路板

    公开(公告)号:US09466891B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-11

    申请号:US14505621

    申请日:2014-10-03

    申请人: TELLABS OY

    摘要: A circuit board comprises one or more first electrical conductors (102-107) in a first portion of the thickness of the circuit board, one or more second electrical conductors (108, 109) in a second portion of the circuit board, at least one via-conductor (112) providing a galvanic current path between the first and second electrical conductors, a hole extending through the first and second portions of the circuit board, and an electrically conductive sleeve (114) lining the hole and having galvanic contacts with the second electrical conductors. The thermal resistance from the electrically conductive sleeve to the first electrical conductors is greater than the thermal resistance from the electrically conductive sleeve to the second electrical conductors so as to obtain a reliable solder joint between a part of the electrically conductive sleeve belonging to the first portion of the circuit board and an electrical conductor pin (119) located in the hole.

    摘要翻译: 电路板包括在电路板的厚度的第一部分中的一个或多个第一电导体(102-107),在电路板的第二部分中的一个或多个第二电导体(108,109),至少一个 通孔导体(112)在第一和第二电导体之间提供电流通路,延伸穿过电路板的第一和第二部分的孔以及衬套孔的导电套筒(114),并且具有与 第二电导体。 从导电套管到第一电导体的热阻大于从导电套筒到第二电导体的热阻,以便在属于第一部分的导电套筒的一部分之间获得可靠的焊接接头 和位于孔中的电导体销(119)。

    Equipment and a plug-in unit of the equipment
    5.
    发明授权
    Equipment and a plug-in unit of the equipment 有权
    设备和设备的插件单元

    公开(公告)号:US09377500B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-28

    申请号:US13902211

    申请日:2013-05-24

    申请人: TELLABS OY

    IPC分类号: G01R31/04 H04B3/46 G01R31/28

    摘要: Equipment including at least one plug-in unit (102) and a body device (101) for receiving the plug-in unit is presented. The equipment includes a circuit (124) including a test signal generator for supplying a test signal to a measurement circuit including galvanic contacts provided by electrical connectors between the body device and a plug-in unit so that the test signal belongs at least partly to a frequency band used in data transfer between the plug-in unit and the body device. The equipment includes a monitoring circuit for generating a signal indicative of a difference between a quantity responsive to the test signal and a reference. As the test signal belongs at least partly to the frequency band used in the data transfer, the quality of the galvanic contacts between the body device and the plug-in unit can be monitored concerning the behavior on the data transfer frequency band.

    摘要翻译: 提供了包括用于接收插件单​​元的至少一个插入单元(102)和主体设备(101)的设备。 该设备包括一个电路(124),该电路(124)包括一个测试信号发生器,用于向测量电路提供测试信号,该测量电路包括由主体设备和插入单元之间的电连接器提供的电流触点,使得测试信号至少部分地属于 插入单元和主体设备之间的数据传输中使用的频带。 该设备包括用于产生指示响应于测试信号的量与基准之间的差异的信号的监视电路。 由于测试信号至少部分地属于数据传输中使用的频带,所以可以监视身体设备和插件单元之间的电流接触的质量,关于数据传输频带上的行为。

    Method and a device for updating configuration data for providing network element protection in a data transfer network
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and a device for updating configuration data for providing network element protection in a data transfer network 有权
    用于在数据传输网络中更新用于提供网络元件保护的配置数据的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09130841B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-08

    申请号:US13198121

    申请日:2011-08-04

    摘要: A system for providing network element protection includes a backup network element (101) having a first configuration table storing first configuration data, an active network element (102) having a second configuration table storing second configuration data, and a controller (117) arranged to update the first configuration data according to changes of the second configuration data. The controller is arranged to carry out the updating when the active network element operates according to the second configuration data as a part of a data transfer network (100). Hence, the configuration data of the backup network element is maintained and managed as if backup network element were actively in use. Therefore, the switchover from the active network element to the backup network element can be quick and resilient in a case of a failure in the active network element or in a data transfer connection to or from the active network element.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于提供网络元件保护的系统包括具有存储第一配置数据的第一配置表的备用网元(101),具有存储第二配置数据的第二配置表的活动网元(102),以及控制器 根据第二配置数据的变化更新第一配置数据。 所述控制器被配置为当所述有源网络元件根据作为所述数据传送网络(100)的一部分的所述第二配置数据进行操作时,执行所述更新。 因此,备份网元的配置数据被维护和管理,好像备份网元正在使用中一样。 因此,在有源网络元件发生故障的情况下,或者在与主动网络元件的数据传输连接的情况下,从活动网络元件到备用网络元件的切换可以是快速和有弹性的。

    System and a method for controlling management processes directed to a link aggregation group

    公开(公告)号:US10652140B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US15773402

    申请日:2015-11-03

    申请人: CORIANT OY

    摘要: A transmission control system for controlling management processes, such as shaping, is presented. The management processes are directed to data streams that are parts of data traffic transmitted via a link aggregation group having egress ports in separate functional entities of a network element. For each data frame of the data traffic, it is detected whether the data frame belongs to any of the data streams. Data frames belonging to none of the data streams are forwarded so that these data frames are distributed between the functional entities according to a link aggregation rule. A management rule is maintained for indicating, for each of the data streams, a stream-specific functional entity that runs each management process directed to the data stream. Each data frame belonging to one of the data streams is forwarded to the appropriate stream-specific functional entity in accordance with the management rule.

    Network element and a controller for managing the network element

    公开(公告)号:US09853859B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-26

    申请号:US14546102

    申请日:2014-11-18

    IPC分类号: G06F15/177 H04L12/24

    摘要: A network element (101-104) of a software-defined network is adapted to construct a configuration system on the basis of configuration data received from a controller (105, 106) of the software-defined network. The network element is arranged to transmit, in response to an event indicating a need to verify the configuration system, status information to the controller. The event may include for example a loss and a subsequent reestablishment of a connection between the network element and the controller. The status information indicates a first portion of the configuration data which has been implemented in the configuration system prior to the event. After receiving the status information, the controller is able transmit an appropriate second portion of the configuration data to the network element so as to enable verification of an appropriate portion of the configuration system. Thus, there is no need to verify the whole configuration system after the event.

    Method and network device for configuring a data transfer network

    公开(公告)号:US09762532B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-12

    申请号:US14453653

    申请日:2014-08-07

    申请人: CORIANT OY

    摘要: In a data transfer network, a network device (102) receives at its first data interface an identifier message transferred via a first data transfer path from another network device (106). The network device compares the identifier message to earlier received identifier messages. If the identifier message matches an earlier received identifier message received at another data interface and transferred via a second data transfer path from the other network device, the network device updates its forwarding database to express that the other network device is accessible also via the first data interface, and transmits address information related to the other network device via the first data interface so as to determine the first data transfer path to be an alternative for the second data transfer path. The first and second data transfer paths can be used for protecting each other and/or for load sharing.

    Network element of a software-defined network

    公开(公告)号:US09602352B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-21

    申请号:US14277129

    申请日:2014-05-14

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28 H04L12/24

    CPC分类号: H04L41/0853

    摘要: A network element of a software-defined network includes functional entities (321-325) capable of transferring data between each other and providing connections to other network elements. One or more of the functional entities are configurable with configuration data received from a controller of the software-defined network. The network element is adapted to transmit, to the controller, entity-specific capability descriptors related to the functional entities configurable with the configuration data. Each entity-specific capability descriptor expresses operations capable of being carried out by the respective functional entity. As the controller is made aware of the capabilities of the functional entities, the goal of the software-defined networking to provide controlled management of the data-forwarding functionality of a network element as a whole can be extended to the functional entities, e.g. line interface modules, so that each functional entity can be configured individually in accordance with the capabilities and resources of the functional entity.