Autonomic Network Optimization Module for Secure Data Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telecommunications systems face challenges in securing data streams across distributed WAN networks, where perimeter protection is inadequate, leading to fraudulent identity use and quality distortion, and existing optimization systems struggle with flexibility, roaming, and access control, especially in multi-party diagrams involving multiple service providers and users.
Innovation Solution
A method for optimizing secure data transfer in an autonomic network that includes a central element for distributing optimization instructions, an observation module for measuring stream characteristics, and an optimization module for applying these instructions, with clients and servers negotiating mutual authentication and security settings, and using an autonomic agent to establish a secure control channel for non-persistent security settings, allowing the optimization module to appear as the client or server during sessions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If perimeter protection principles are used for security authentication, then security of data streams is improved, but adaptability to distributed WAN networks deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the security architecture into multiple independent authentication modules distributed across the WAN network. Each module can autonomously perform authentication operations locally, enabling security to be maintained while adapting to the distributed nature of WAN networks. This segmentation allows security functions to be replicated at multiple locations rather than relying on a single centralized perimeter.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary authentication modules that act as mediators between different network segments. These intermediaries facilitate secure communication and authentication across the distributed WAN network, enabling adaptability while maintaining security. The intermediaries coordinate authentication operations across multiple locations without requiring direct trust between all network participants.
2Reliability
If optimization systems are placed upstream from logic wiring, then security coordination is improved, but flexibility and roaming capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic authentication modules that can adapt their operation based on network conditions and user requirements. The modules can dynamically establish, modify, and terminate authentication connections as users roam or network conditions change, providing both security coordination and flexibility. The dynamic nature allows the system to maintain security while accommodating mobility and roaming capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters of authentication modules based on context. The modules can adjust their authentication behavior, coordination mechanisms, and security parameters dynamically depending on the network environment, user role, and security requirements. This parameter flexibility enables the system to maintain security coordination while supporting roaming and adaptive network configurations.
3Device complexity
If static security architecture is used for authentication, then security associations are simplified, but adaptability to dynamic network conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service authentication modules that can autonomously manage their own security associations and authentication operations. Each module independently handles authentication tasks without requiring complex centralized coordination, simplifying the overall architecture while enabling adaptability to dynamic conditions. The self-service capability allows modules to automatically adjust to network changes without complex external intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal authentication modules that can perform multiple functions across different network conditions and scenarios. These modules are designed to be multi-functional, handling various authentication tasks whether the network is static or dynamic, thereby simplifying the architecture while maintaining high adaptability. The universal design eliminates the need for separate specialized components for different network conditions.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for optimizing the transfer of secure data streams via an autonomic network between multiple information-producing users Pi and multiple information-consuming users Cj, in which, for each secure session between an information-producing user Pi and an information-consuming user Cj, non-persistent security settings are exchanged between an optimization module and an autonomic agent via a secure control channel to apply between the autonomic agent and the optimization module the previously negotiated security procedure, such that during an exchange of streams between the information-producing user Pi and the information-consuming user Cj, the optimization module having non-persistent security settings appears as a client for a server during the said session.