32 results about "Customer edge" patented technology

A class-4 telecommunications switch hosts artificial-intelligence agents that convert live speech to text, translate the text between languages, and synthesize natural speech in real time. The switch proxies calls among public trunks, PBX / media gateways, and cloud ACD / CRM services, embedding diacritic-rich transcripts and user-specific language-model personalization. Deployable at the customer edge, in the PSTN core, or as SaaS, the system supports one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many call patterns. FPGA, ASIC, or SoC accelerators minimize latency and bandwidth, cutting capital cost while improving global voice interoperability and cybersecurity.

The invention discloses a model optimization method and system based on quantitative splitting federated learning, and relates to the technical field of customer edge computing, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, constructing an initial global model which comprises a server model and a client model; s2, adaptively selecting a split layer according to the resources of the client, and determining the time delay and energy consumption of the split layer under the initial global model; s3, constructing a global model optimization problem based on the initial global model; s4, obtaining a corresponding client transmission power strategy, a client quantification strategy and a client bandwidth allocation rate strategy; and S5, training the initial global model by using the customer data sample to obtain a trained global model. Under the condition that the model training time delay is reduced, energy consumption is reduced, client computing resources are saved, the aggregation precision of the global model is improved, and optimization of the global model is achieved.

To provide systems, methods, and devices for improved routing operations in a network computing environment.SOLUTION: An architecture 400 for host routed overlay includes a virtual customer edge router (virtual CE router), a plurality of host virtual machines, and a routed uplink from the virtual customer edge router to one or more of a plurality of leaf nodes L1 to L4. The architecture is such that the virtual customer edge router provides localized integrated routing and bridging (IRB) service for the plurality of host virtual machines of the host routed overlay.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Techniques are described herein for resolving conflicts in role statuses assigned to a customer edge device by multiple provider edge devices in communication with that customer edge device. In embodiments, such techniques may involve receiving information about a customer edge device in communication with the first provider edge device and storing, based on the information about the customer edge device, an indication of a first role status of the customer edge device. The techniques may further involve receiving, from at least one second provider edge device in communication with the customer edge device, an advertisement message that includes a second role status of the customer edge device, comparing the first role status to the second role status, and upon determining that the first role status does not match the second role status, updating the first role status of the customer edge device.

Disclosed in the present disclosure are an information processing method and apparatus, a device, a storage medium and a computer program product. The method comprises: a customer edge device acquiring a first application response network (ARN) identifier, the first ARN identifier representing a calling relationship of an application to a network capability and / or a capability of a network to be exposed to the application; marking a first Internet protocol (IP) packet on the basis of the first ARN identifier to generate a second IP packet; and sending the second IP packet.

Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a data message transmission control method, system and apparatus, and a non-transitory readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of target provider edges connected to the same customer edge; generating a load balancing instruction for each target provider edge amongst the plurality of target provider edges, wherein the load balancing instruction is used for instructing each target provider edge to forward, according to message information carried by received data messages to be transmitted and the load balancing instruction, a target data message matched with each target provider edge amongst the data messages to be transmitted, and the data messages to be transmitted belong to the same virtual local area network; and issuing the load balancing instructions to the corresponding target provider edges.

A method of forwarding traffic to a client edge (CE) device comprises using an ordered list of virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers, where each VLAN identifier corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of VLANs, to assign, for each of the plurality of VLANs, one of a plurality of provider edge (PE) devices that are connected to the CE device to forward traffic that is within a class of traffic to the CE device.

Embodiments herein selectively transmit probes between network nodes to estimate metrics associated with end-to-end paths through the network. In one embodiment, the network provider identifies key nodes based on a performance heuristic, such as the number of paths that run through each nodes, the amount of traffic that flows through the nodes, and the like. In addition to transmitting probes between the key nodes, supplemental probes can be transmitted from each customer edge device (e.g., a customer endpoint) to the key nodes in the provider's network. The data generated by probing between the key nodes and by probing between the customer edge devices and the key nodes can be combined to estimate metrics associated with end-to-end routes through the network.

A method implemented by a network node in a Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) domain is used to provide fast egress protection. The method includes receiving a type length value (TLV) structure that identifies a backup egress node for a destination network node and includes an entry that indicates whether a primary egress node and the backup egress node transmit a packet to a same customer edge (CE) or to different customer edges (CEs), generating an egress protection bit index forwarding table (EP-BIFT) including the backup egress node and the entry that indicates whether the primary egress node and the backup egress node transmit the packet to the same CE or to different CEs, and forwarding the packet in accordance with the EP-BIFT when the primary egress node has failed.

A Provider Edge (PE) router includes a plurality of ports configured to connect to one or more Customer Edge (CE) devices, wherein the plurality of ports are in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) with a second PE router having a second plurality of ports; a static connection configured to connect to the second plurality of ports in the second PE router; and switching circuitry connected to and configured to switch traffic between the plurality of ports, the static connection, and an Internet Protocol (IP) interface connected to an external network, wherein the EVPN is confined to dual homing and protection functionality in the dual homing is performed based on settings in the switching circuitry.

A method performed by a first Provider Edge node, PE1, (121), to establish an OAM session, related to traffic service between a first Customer Edge node, CE1, (111), and a second Customer Edge node, CE2, (112), which traffic service relate to data traffic via a Flex-Algo path from PE1 (121) to a second Provider Edge node, PE2, (122), in a transport network (100), comprising: sending a first BGP message (13) to PE2 (122), comprising a first Flex-Algo end Segment Identifier, SID, obtaining a second BGP message (14) from PE2 (122), comprising a second Flex-Algo end SID, establishing an OAM session, over the Flex-Algo path between PE1 (121) and PE2 (122), based on the first Flex-Algo END SID and the second Flex-Algo end SID, monitoring the Flex-Algo path towards PE2 (122) of the created session, and when identifying a fault in the Flex-Algo path towards PE2 (122), initiating a switch of the data traffic to a backup Flex-Algo path between PE1 (121) and a third Provider Edge node, PE3, (123). Publ.

In some examples, an example method to provide a virtualized Carrier-grade Network Address Translation (CGN) at a first customer edge router may include establishing a tunnel between the first customer edge router and each aggregation router among one or more aggregation routers, performing a Network Address Translation (NAT) on a first data packet to create a NAT'ed first data packet, selecting a first aggregation router from amongst the one or more aggregation routers to send the NAT'ed first data packet to, encapsulating the NAT'ed first data packet with overlay information corresponding to a tunnel established between the first customer edge router and a first aggregation router, and sending the encapsulated NAT'ed first data packet through the tunnel to the first aggregation router.

A routing structure is defined for provider edge (PE) routers that will create the ability to recompute best paths based on application criteria. The routing structure may include the use of a network controller which is connected with the internet to receive requests from applications to trigger path re-computation. The controller will peer with PEs to send re-computation information used by the PE to construct an application-aware BGP table and forwarding instance. The PE also defines a new BGP and packet filter to replicate specific BGP paths into the application-aware table. The application-aware BGP and forwarding instance is unique to the requesting application. Thus, each request with a different source / destination combination obtains a discrete table providing separation. When a packet enters the PE from customer edge (CE) or core interface the packet traverses a packet filter that when matched against source / destination is redirected to the appropriate application-aware forwarding table. Once in the application-aware table the packet is then forwarded along the application-aware path achieving the objective. The instantiation of the application-aware BGP and forwarding table is be done based on BGP updates learned from the controller.

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to staging a universal customer edge gateway device. A universal customer edge gateway device may generate, prior to deployment of the universal customer edge gateway device at a customer location, copies of virtual network function (VNF) operating system (OS) images on the universal customer edge gateway device, the copies including a first copy of a first VNF OS image and a second copy of a second VNF OS image; identify, during a deployment of the universal customer edge gateway device at the customer location, a selection of the first copy from a list of the copies; copy, during the deployment and based on the selection, the first VNF OS image to the universal customer edge gateway device; and instantiate, at the universal customer edge gateway device, the copied first VNF OS image.

A method performed by a first Provider Edge node, PE1, (121), to establish an OAM session, related to traffic service between a first Customer Edge node, CE1, (111), and a second Customer Edge node, CE2, (112), which traffic service relate to data traffic via a Flex-Algo path from PE1 (121) to a second Provider Edge node, PE2, (122), in a transport network (100), comprising: sending a first BGP message (13) to PE2 (122), comprising a first Flex-Algo end Segment Identifier, SID, obtaining a second BGP message (14) from PE2 (122), comprising a second Flex-Algo end SID, establishing an OAM session, over the Flex-Algo path between PE1 (121) and PE2 (122), based on the first Flex-Algo END SID and the second Flex-Algo end SID, monitoring the Flex-Algo path towards PE2 (122) of the created session, and when identifying a fault in the Flex-Algo path towards PE2 (122), initiating a switch of the data traffic to a backup Flex-Algo path between PE1 (121) and a third Provider Edge node, PE3, (123). Publ.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying, by an apparatus, a media access control (MAC) address of a customer edge (CE) device, and advertising the MAC address in a MAC route based on the identifying, wherein the MAC route is tagged with an extended community that identifies an Ethernet Segment (ES) associated with the apparatus, the extended community enabling another apparatus that is also associated with the ES to import the MAC route. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A Provider Edge (PE) node is configured to provide a Layer 2 Virtual Private Local Area Network (LAN) service (VPLS) having a simplified control plane. The PE node includes circuitry configured to receive a packet from a second PE node in the network, wherein the packet includes (1) a Destination Media Access Control (MAC) address associated with a destination Customer Edge (CE) node, (2) a source MAC address associated with a source CE node, and (3) a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Identifier used to represent one of the second PE node and a multihome configuration including the second PE node, and learn the source MAC address associated with the source CE node as being reachable via the one of the second PE node and the multihome configuration.

Embodiments of the disclosed techniques include methods, apparatus, and instructions for split-horizon filtering in an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN), where an EVPN instance includes a plurality of provider edges (PEs) that forward traffic for a plurality of customer edges (CEs). In one embodiment, a method includes advertising a set of single Broadcast, Unknown unicast, or Multicast (BUM) identifiers, each in an Inclusive Multicast Ethernet tag (IMET) route from a PE of the EVPN instance to one other PE within the plurality of PEs, where each PE that shares an Ethernet segment with the PE is advertised with one unique BUM identifier to distinguish BUM packets from that PE with BUM packets from other PEs of the EVPN instance; and forwarding by the PE, BUM packets from another PE of the EVPN instance to one or more CEs coupled to the PE based on a single BUM identifier encapsulated within the BUM packets.

A method implemented by a network node in a bit index explicit replication (BIER) domain for providing fast egress protection. The method comprises: receiving a type-length-value (TLV) structure, the TLV structure identifying a backup egress node of a target network node and including an entry indicating whether a primary egress node and the backup egress node transmit data packets to the same customer edge (CE) or to different customer edges (CEs); generating an egress protection bit index forwarding table (EP-BIFT), the EP-BIFT including the backup egress node and the entry indicating whether the primary egress node and the backup egress node transmit data packets to the same CE or to different CEs; and forwarding the data packets according to the EP-BIFT when the primary egress node fails.

In a loop avoidance communications method, a first provider edge (PE) device sends a first identifier to a second PE device through a first interface; the first PE device receives, from the second PE through the first interface, a data packet including the first identifier. Then, the first PE device determines that a second interface associated with the first identifier is in a faulty state. In response to determining that the second interface is in the faulty state, the first PE device avoids sending the data packet to the second PE device through the first interface. The first PE device connects to a customer edge (CE) device using the second interface.

Techniques are described herein for performing filtering of frames by a provider edge device. The techniques comprise receiving information about one or more local customer edge devices in communication with a provider edge device. The techniques further comprise receiving a frame (e.g., a multi-destination frame) at the provider edge device to be provided to multiple customer edge devices. The techniques further comprise, upon determining, based on information included in the frame, that the device at which the frame originated is not a root device, identifying a subset of the set of local customer edge devices associated with a root status and providing the frame to the subset of the set of local customer edge devices while not providing the multi-destination frame to local customer edge devices outside of the subset.

Systems and methods are provided for flexible and scalable Automatic Next-Hop Resolution (ANR) in Traffic Engineering (TE) networks using color-templates. A Customer Edge (CE) router associates a color with an advertised prefix and communicates the colored prefix to a node in a service provider network, such as a Provider Edge (PE) router or Border Router (BR). Upon receipt of the colored prefix, the node requests a controller to generate a Segment Routing (SR) policy or tunnel based on a color-template corresponding to the color. The controller maintains the color-templates, computes paths subject to template-defined parameters and constraints, and returns SR policy or tunnel information for installation at the requesting node. When the CE changes the color associated with the prefix, the node triggers generation of a new policy or tunnel based on the updated color-template. Default templates and template update handling are also supported, reducing provider-side configuration and improving operational scalability.

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to staging a universal customer edge gateway device. A universal customer edge gateway device may generate, prior to deployment of the universal customer edge gateway device at a customer location, copies of virtual network function (VNF) operating system (OS) images on the universal customer edge gateway device, the copies including a first copy of a first VNF OS image and a second copy of a second VNF OS image; identify, during a deployment of the universal customer edge gateway device at the customer location, a selection of the first copy from a list of the copies; copy, during the deployment and based on the selection, the first VNF OS image to the universal customer edge gateway device; and instantiate, at the universal customer edge gateway device, the copied first VNF OS image.

In some embodiments, a first provider edge (PE) router is coupled to a first customer edge (CE) router; a second CE router; and a second PE router. The second PE router is coupled to the first CE router and the second CE router. The first PE router is configured with a primary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the second PE router and a secondary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the second CE router. The second PE router is configured with a primary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the first PE router and a secondary label comprising a primary next hop of the first CE router and a backup next hop of the second CE router.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an Ethernet tree (E-TREE) integrated routing and bridging (IRB) with egress link protection. The first leaf provider edge device may determine that the customer edge device is multihomed behind the first leaf provider edge device and the second leaf provider edge device. Based on determining that the customer edge device is multi-homed accessed, the first leaf provider edge device may create a protected path for a network address of the customer edge device through the second leaf provider edge device. The first leaf provider edge device may prevent traffic not received from the core network from being provided to the customer edge device through the protection path.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying, by an apparatus, a media access control (MAC) address of a customer edge (CE) device, and advertising the MAC address in a MAC route based on the identifying, wherein the MAC route is tagged with an extended community that identifies an Ethernet Segment (ES) associated with the apparatus, the extended community enabling another apparatus that is also associated with the ES to import the MAC route. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Techniques described herein provide procedures for reducing MACsec Key Agreement (MKA)-related traffic and improving resource allocation for MKA protocol through an EVPN environment. Techniques include leveraging Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signaling for MKA between Provider Edge (PE) routers instead of between Customer Edge (CE) routers, which mitigates both hardware restrictions and scalability challenges with a new Xaas enablement. A new BGP-EVPN route type is defined that can communicate a set of MKA information along with an address destination associated with a provider edge device to establish a BGP MKA session and enable MACsec encryption / decryption at the provider edge device.

A first leaf provider edge device may determine that a customer edge device is multihomed behind the first leaf provider edge device and a second leaf provider edge device. The first leaf provider edge device may create, based on determining that the customer edge device is multihomed, a protection path for a network address of the customer edge device and via the second leaf provider edge device. The first leaf provider edge device may prevent traffic not received from a core network from being provided to the customer edge device via the protection path.

Embodiments herein selectively transmit probes between network nodes to estimate metrics associated with end-to-end paths through the network. In one embodiment, the network provider identifies key nodes based on a performance heuristic, such as the number of paths that run through each nodes, the amount of traffic that flows through the nodes, and the like. In addition to transmitting probes between the key nodes, supplemental probes can be transmitted from each customer edge device (e.g., a customer endpoint) to the key nodes in the provider's network. The data generated by probing between the key nodes and by probing between the customer edge devices and the key nodes can be combined to estimate metrics associated with end-to-end routes through the network.