Virtual Network Edge Overlay for Diverse Link Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network technologies, such as long haul bonding/aggregation, often result in less than optimal network performance due to impedance issues when connecting distant client sites, as they do not fully utilize the capabilities of the network backbone, especially when dealing with diverse and dissimilar network connections.
Innovation Solution
A network system that includes client site network components bonding or aggregating diverse connections to form high-throughput connections, with a network server component and cloud network controller managing data traffic to create a managed network overlay incorporating virtual edge and core connections, providing transparent encryption and encapsulation, and using intelligent packet distribution to optimize data transmission across diverse carriers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If long haul bonding/aggregation is used to connect distant client sites, then network connectivity is established, but network performance deteriorates due to impedance issues and failure to utilize network backbone capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network server component as an intermediary between client sites and the network backbone. This server automatically terminates the bonded/aggregated connection and passes data traffic to the network access point, serving as a mediator that resolves the impedance issues of long haul bonding while maintaining the benefits of diverse link aggregation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the network path into distinct components: client site network components for bonding diverse links, network server components for termination and backbone connection, and network access points for final data transmission. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its function, preventing the entire path from being limited by the slowest segment.
2Productivity
If diverse network connections are aggregated to increase throughput, then bandwidth capacity improves, but network impedance increases over long distances
Solution Approach 1:
The network server component acts as a mediator that receives the high-throughput bonded/aggregated connection from diverse links and automatically terminates it before the data reaches the network backbone. This prevents the diverse links from creating impedance over long distances while still allowing them to provide high throughput for local traffic.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the bonding/aggregation function from the long haul path and places it at the network server component. By taking out the diverse link aggregation early in the path and terminating it at the server, the system eliminates the harmful impedance effects of long haul bonding while preserving the throughput benefits for local network access.
3Ease of operation
If bonded/aggregated links are maintained across the network backbone, then connectivity between distant locations is established, but network performance is reduced compared to direct backbone utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network path so that bonded/aggregated connections are established only for local access at client sites, while the network backbone maintains its own optimized connectivity. The network server component handles the transition between these two segments, allowing fast backbone utilization without requiring slow diverse links to span the entire long haul path.
Solution Approach 2:
The network server component serves as an intermediary that receives data from the bonded/aggregated local connections and efficiently passes it to the network access point via the backbone. This mediator approach allows the system to enjoy both the ease of establishing connectivity through diverse links and the speed of direct backbone utilization.
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AI summary
A network system is provided between at least a first client site and a second client site, the first and the second client site are at a distance from one another. A client site network component is implemented at least at the first client site, the client site network component bonding or aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure a bonded/aggregated connection that has increased throughput. At least one network server component may be configured to connect to the client site network component using the bonded/aggregated connection. A cloud network controller may be configured to manage the data traffic and a virtual edge providing transparent lower-link encryption for the bonded/aggregated connection between the client site network component and the network server component.