Network Experience Shifting via Shared Object Telemetry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional network systems cannot optimize both access network and end-to-end network telemetry simultaneously, limiting the ability of users to seamlessly access and configure their network settings when traveling to different locations, and there is no existing method to automate the establishment of access environments using shared objects that provide network capabilities and performance information.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that uses dual network telemetry through a dual network telemetry API framework, where network nodes receive customer and service provider telemetry data to authenticate users and configure visited networks to simulate the user's home or work network environment, enabling network experience shifting by determining the availability of hardware, software, or configuration that can replicate the user's home or work LAN at a different location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional network systems collect only access network telemetry or only end-to-end telemetry, then the system complexity is reduced, but the network optimization capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the telemetry collection into two independent parts: access network telemetry (collected by the access network) and end-to-end telemetry (collected by the core network). Each part can be collected and processed independently, avoiding the complexity of collecting both at a single location while enabling comprehensive network optimization through their combined analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a shared object as an intermediary mechanism that allows access network telemetry and end-to-end telemetry to be exchanged and correlated between different network domains. This intermediary enables the network to optimize using both telemetry types without requiring direct integration of all collection points, thus managing system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If users manually configure virtual private networks when traveling to different locations, then network access is established, but the user input and setup time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring network settings, policies, and telemetry data in shared objects before the user travels to a different location. When the user connects to the visited network, the system automatically retrieves and applies the pre-configured settings, eliminating the need for manual configuration during travel.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically establishing network access and configuring settings based on user profile information stored in shared objects. The network system autonomously performs configuration tasks without requiring user intervention, thereby simplifying the setup process and reducing time loss during mobility scenarios.
3Reliability
If the network system collects and processes both access network telemetry and end-to-end telemetry, then comprehensive network optimization is achieved, but the data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments telemetry data collection and processing into distinct functional areas: access network telemetry is collected and initially processed at the access network level, while end-to-end telemetry is collected at the core network level. This segmentation allows each domain to process its specific data locally before exchange, reducing the processing burden on any single system while enabling comprehensive optimization through integrated analysis.
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AI summary
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing network experience shifting using shared objects. In various embodiments, a network node in a first network might receive, via a first network access device (“NAD”) in a second network, a request from a first user device to establish roaming network access, a first user being associated with a second NAD in the first network and being unassociated with the first NAD. The network node might authenticate the first user, receive customer network telemetry data regarding visited LAN associated with the first NAD via a gateway API, receive service provider network telemetry data via a network API, determine whether the first user is associated with (and authorized to access services accessible by) the second NAD. If so, the network node might configure the visited LAN and/or the first NAD to simulate the interface environment of the user's home LAN and/or the second NAD.