Processing Information Hierarchy Consolidation for Network Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Network devices face inefficiencies due to duplications and redundancies in processing information hierarchies, which consume excessive resources and hinder optimal network traffic management.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for reorganizing processing information hierarchies by identifying and removing duplications and redundancies, consolidating objects, and programming the reorganized hierarchy into hardware components, thereby reducing resource utilization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If processing information hierarchy is maintained with duplications and redundancies, then network traffic management functionality is preserved, but resource utilization increases excessively

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork traffic management functionalityVSAvoidresource utilization

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges duplicate processing information hierarchy objects into single consolidated objects. The system identifies duplicate objects with the same processing characteristics and consolidates them, reducing the total number of objects while maintaining the same network traffic management functionality. This directly addresses the contradiction by eliminating redundant resources while preserving operational reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent discards redundant duplicate objects after identifying them through comparison of processing characteristics. By removing these unnecessary duplicates and retaining only the essential unique objects, the system recovers wasted resources while maintaining full functional capability for network traffic management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

2Use of energy by moving object

If processing information hierarchy is reorganized to remove duplications, then resource utilization decreases, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource utilizationVSAvoidprocessing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary identification and classification of duplicate objects before actual consolidation. By pre-analyzing processing characteristics and grouping duplicates in advance, the system simplifies the subsequent reorganization process, reducing the complexity burden that would otherwise arise from ad-hoc reorganization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates simplified representations or pointers to consolidated duplicate objects rather than maintaining full copies. This copying approach reduces memory requirements and simplifies processing by allowing multiple references to share a single underlying object, thereby reducing processing complexity while maintaining resource efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Quantity of substance

If duplicate processing information objects are consolidated, then hardware resource requirements decrease, but programming complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehardware resource requirementsVSAvoidprogramming complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the duplicate identification and consolidation process into distinct manageable stages: identification of duplicates, verification of equivalence, consolidation execution, and programming generation. This segmentation makes the complex programming task more manageable by breaking it into smaller, standardized operations that can be implemented systematically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter representation from individual duplicate objects to consolidated object references. By transforming the data structure parameters and using reference-based indexing, the system reduces hardware resource requirements while the standardized parameter transformation rules keep programming complexity manageable through systematic rather than arbitrary changes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11775342B2System and method for processing information hierarchy management

Publication Date: 2023.10.03 ARISTA NETWORKS INC

AI summary

In general, embodiments described herein relate to methods and systems for reorganizing processing information hierarchies to remove duplicative and/or redundant portions of a processing information hierarchy such that they, for example, require fewer resources of the network devices on which they are stored.