Connectivity Coordinator Interfaces for Dynamic Dedicated Peerings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data center networks face challenges in providing customers with dynamic, dedicated, and secure network connectivity that meets varying performance, reliability, and security needs, especially over unpredictable paths with public Internet routing.
Innovation Solution
A connectivity coordinator implements a programmatic interface to manage network peerings, allowing clients to request and establish dedicated physical and logical connections between their networks and provider resources, using endpoint routers and router co-location facilities, with support for dynamic enablement and disablement of these connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dedicated physical network links are established between customer networks and provider networks, then network isolation and security are improved, but device complexity and infrastructure requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces customer gateways and provider gateways as intermediary devices that establish direct peer-to-peer network connections between customer networks and provider networks. These gateways act as mediators that enable dedicated physical links without requiring complex infrastructure changes at either end, resolving the contradiction by providing network isolation through dedicated links while keeping implementation complexity manageable through standardized gateway interfaces
2Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic enablement and disablement of dedicated links is implemented, then adaptability to changing business needs is improved, but control complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic connectivity management by enabling customer gateways and provider gateways to dynamically establish, enable, and disable direct network connections based on real-time business needs. The system allows connections to be activated or deactivated through software control without physical reconfiguration, achieving high adaptability while keeping control complexity manageable through automated gateway protocols
3Reliability
If direct peer-to-peer connections are established, then network performance and reliability are improved, but ease of operation worsens due to manual configuration requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service capabilities where customer gateways and provider gateways automatically discover each other, negotiate connection parameters, and establish direct peer-to-peer network links without requiring manual configuration. The gateways perform self-configuration by exchanging capability information and automatically establishing optimal connections, thereby achieving high network performance while eliminating manual configuration efforts
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and apparatus for interfaces to manage direct network peerings. A system may include a data center, endpoint routers and a connectivity coordinator. The coordinator implements a programmatic interface defining connectivity operations. The coordinator receives a request for dedicated connectivity to data center resources, formatted according to the interface. The coordinator selects a target endpoint router at which to establish a physical link to implement the dedicated connectivity, and transmits a response identifying the target endpoint router and including configuration instructions for setting up a physical link for the dedicated connectivity.