Multi-WAN Edge Router with Containerized Applications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cloud computing architectures face challenges in latency, availability, bandwidth usage, data privacy, network security, and the capacity to process large volumes of data in real-time, particularly for edge computing applications that require decentralized data processing.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of multi-WAN routing and network management at the edge using a multiple-WAN network device with containerized applications, which configures backhaul connections using different communication modalities and adjusts network configurations based on telemetry information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data is transmitted to centralized data centers for processing, then data processing capacity is improved, but latency increases and real-time processing capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized data center architecture into distributed edge computing nodes deployed at network perimeters. These edge nodes process data locally, eliminating the need to transmit all data to centralized data centers. This segmentation enables real-time processing at the edge while maintaining overall system processing capacity through the distributed network of nodes.
2Productivity
If data is transmitted to centralized data centers, then processing power is improved, but bandwidth usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts data processing functionality from centralized data centers and places it at edge computing nodes closer to data sources. This extraction eliminates the need to transmit large volumes of raw data over wide area networks, as processing occurs locally at the edge. Only essential results or aggregated data need transmission to central systems, dramatically reducing bandwidth consumption while maintaining processing power through distributed computation.
3Device complexity
If centralized processing is used, then system simplicity is improved, but network security and data privacy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by enabling edge computing nodes to process and handle sensitive data locally rather than transmitting it over networks. This localized processing ensures that data remains in controlled environments close to its source, enhancing security and privacy. Different nodes can apply different security policies appropriate to their local contexts, while the overall system maintains manageable complexity through standardized edge node architectures.
4Device complexity
If single-WAN connection is used, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability and availability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple Wide Area Network (WAN) connections into a unified multi-WAN system managed by a single router. This consolidation allows the system to leverage multiple internet service providers and connection types simultaneously, providing redundant pathways for data transmission. The unified management interface maintains simplicity while the underlying multi-WAN architecture ensures high reliability and availability through automatic failover and load balancing across connected networks.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and techniques are provided for multi-WAN routing and management at the edge. A multi-WAN network device can configure first and second backhaul connections between a local edge network and a remote WAN, the first and second backhaul connections implemented using first and second communication modalities different from one another and included in a plurality of communication modalities of the multi-WAN network device. A first containerized application on the multi-WAN network device can obtain telemetry or monitoring information generated by a satellite internet constellation terminal in the local edge network, and can transmit the information to a cloud management entity using one or more of the first or second backhaul connections of the multi-WAN network device. The multi-WAN network device can implement a network configuration adjustment for one or more of the first or second backhaul connection based at least in part on the telemetry information or monitoring information.