Cloud Virtual Network Multi-Path Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cloud virtual network services lack the ability to provide differentiated transmission paths for each service within a customer domain, requiring manual adjustments and physical changes, which are inefficient and not scalable.
Innovation Solution
A method to remotely configure multiple transmission paths for a cloud virtual network without physical changes, allowing for different traffic transmission paths to be set for each application based on user input and service requirements, using software settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard traffic engineering technologies (RSVP, segment-routing) are used to implement differentiated transmission paths, then transmission path differentiation is achieved, but manual configuration and physical work are required at customer end
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud service provider's network management system as an intermediary that automatically configures transmission paths. Instead of customers manually configuring equipment, the system receives service level information from customers and automatically sets up differentiated transmission paths through the cloud network, eliminating the need for customer-side manual work while maintaining path differentiation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic self-configuration of transmission paths by integrating service level information directly into the network management platform. The system automatically processes customer service requirements and configures appropriate transmission paths without requiring customer intervention or physical presence at equipment locations
2Adaptability or versatility
If transmission paths are configured after physical work or VRF separation at customer end, then differentiated paths are established, but service deployment time is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs transmission path configuration actions in advance through software setup at the cloud service provider's end, before any physical work or VRF separation is needed at the customer location. By pre-configuring the network paths and having them ready, the system eliminates the sequential dependency that previously required customers to complete physical setup first, thereby significantly reducing overall service deployment time
3Reliability
If cloud service providers offer network rating services for public clouds, then quality of Internet hosting and CDN services is improved, but services are limited to public clouds requiring public IP addresses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal transmission path configuration system that works across multiple cloud types (public, private, and hybrid clouds) and network environments. The system accepts service level information from diverse sources and configures appropriate transmission paths regardless of whether the underlying infrastructure is public cloud, private cloud, or on-premise, thereby extending the applicability of quality service provisions beyond just public clouds
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure according to at least one embodiment provides a method of providing a multi-transmission path service on a cloud virtual network, the method being performed by a computing system. The method includes creating a customer-dedicated virtual network domain based on user input, setting a multi-transmission path policy for the virtual network domain, and completing service configuration of the virtual network domain by specifying a section to which the multi-transmission path policy is to be applied