Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Computer system and method for dynamically adapting a software-defined network
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Application No.: US16341442Application Date: 2017-10-06
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Publication No.: US10652100B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Vivek Kulkarni , Ermin Sakic
- Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Applicant Address: DE München
- Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee Address: DE München
- Agency: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7b448140
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/075448 WO 20171006
- International Announcement: WO2018/069171 WO 20180419
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
Computer system and method for dynamically adapting a software-defined network A computer system for dynamically adapting a software-defined network is suggested. The computer system comprises a plurality of virtual domains, each virtual domain comprising a network controller to which a back-up network controller is assigned, wherein the network controller is adapted to manage a plurality of switches being assigned to the virtual domain, wherein the software-defined network is partitioned into the plurality of virtual domains, and a root controller, wherein the root controller is adapted to manage the software-defined network by dynamically adding and/or removing virtual domains based on a threshold of the software-defined network, wherein a back-up root controller is assigned to the root controller. Further, a method for dynamically adapting a software-defined network is suggested. The suggested computer system provides the advantage of a dynamical adaptation of the software-defined network and at the same time, due to the back-up controllers, an improved fault-tolerance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190268237A1 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADAPTING A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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