Tunnel Configuration Management via Segmented Templates
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of creating and managing tunnel configurations for each user and apparatus in a network results in a large number of setting patterns, making configuration creation and management cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A configuration input apparatus and method that divides the tunnel setting order into distinct processing steps, uses templates to create configurations, and inputs these configurations into the appropriate apparatus, facilitating management and modification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If tunnel configurations are created for each user and apparatus individually, then tunnel connectivity and functionality are achieved, but configuration complexity and management difficulty increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the tunnel configuration into multiple hierarchical levels: global template definitions, user-specific parameters, and apparatus-specific parameters. This segmentation allows the system to manage complexity by breaking down monolithic configurations into modular, reusable components while maintaining complete tunnel functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal templates that can be applied across multiple users and apparatuses. These templates define common tunnel parameters and settings that can be reused, allowing a single configuration framework to serve multiple purposes and reduce redundant configuration work while maintaining user-specific customization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If individual configurations are created for each user and apparatus, then specific tunnel requirements are met, but time and resources required for configuration creation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-defining tunnel templates with common parameters, user profiles, and apparatus configurations before actual tunnel deployment. This advance preparation allows rapid configuration instantiation when tunnels need to be created, significantly reducing on-demand configuration time while maintaining customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by replicating proven configuration templates across multiple users and apparatuses. Instead of creating configurations from scratch for each tunnel, the system copies and adapts existing templates, preserving successful configurations while allowing necessary modifications for specific requirements.
3Reliability
If comprehensive configurations are created to meet all user and apparatus requirements, then tunnel functionality is optimized, but configuration management and maintenance become cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments configuration management into hierarchical layers where global templates can be independently updated without affecting user-specific or apparatus-specific parameters. This segmentation enables granular control and simplifies maintenance by allowing administrators to modify only the necessary portion of the configuration hierarchy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces templates as intermediary elements between global configuration policies and specific user/apparatus implementations. These templates act as mediators that translate high-level requirements into detailed configurations, simplifying management by providing an intermediate abstraction layer that buffers complexity.
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AI summary
When a controller receives a tunnel setting order from a high-order Ops (operation system), the controller divides the setting order into a first setting processing step related to setting registration of a user, a second setting processing step related to a transfer surface of the tunnel, a third setting processing step related to an interface of each transfer apparatus used for a tunnel of the transfer surface, and a fourth setting processing step related to a parameter to be set to the interface and stores the setting processing steps in a setting management DB. Subsequently, the controller creates a configuration for executing each setting processing step indicated in the tunnel setting order by reflecting information indicated in each divided setting processing step to a template of each setting processing step. In addition, the controller inputs the created configuration to a transfer apparatus at a setting destination of the tunnel.