Interconnection platform for real-time configuration and management of a cloud-based services exchange
Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number:
11936518
In one example, a cloud-based services exchange comprises a plurality of interconnection assets configured to connect a customer of the cloud-based services exchange to one or more cloud service providers, the plurality of interconnection assets including a virtual circuit by which the customer accesses a cloud service from the one or more cloud service providers; and an orchestration engine configured to modify the plurality of interconnection assets.
Virtual network function virtual domain isolation
Granted: January 23, 2024
Patent Number:
11880705
Techniques for virtualized network functions (VNFs) that provide for domain isolation of networks coupled to the VNF are described. A virtual network function (VNF) includes a cloud virtual domain coupling the VNF to a cloud service, a management virtual domain coupling the VNF to a management service, and an external virtual domain having a public Internet Protocol (IP) address. The external virtual domain receives an authentication request providing access credentials for a VNF…
Time synchronization using model correction
Granted: December 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11849016
Techniques are disclosed for performing time synchronization at a plurality of computing devices in a network. In one example, a method comprising obtaining timestamp data in accordance with a synchronization operation for a timing protocol; computing a skewness estimate and an offset estimate from the timestamp data by executing a regression analysis, wherein the regression analysis is configured to train a first model to predict the offset estimate and the skewness estimate, the offset…
Smart contract interpreter
Granted: December 12, 2023
Patent Number:
11842322
This disclosure describes techniques that include interpreting information about a smart contract so that the terms of the smart contract can be implemented across a diverse array of consensus networks or blockchain platforms. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving, by a first computing device, information describing a smart contract, wherein the first computing device is included within a first plurality of computing devices, each on a first consensus…
Fold away blanking panel system
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11832376
In some examples, a system including a first blanking panel and a second blanking panel configured to be affixed to a cabinet. The first blanking panel includes a first spring-loaded hinge and a first connecting mechanism. The second blanking panel includes a second spring-loaded hinge and a second connecting mechanism. Each of the first and second spring-loaded hinges are configured to rotate between a non-deployed position and a deployed position. Each of the first and second…
Layer three instances for a cloud-based services exchange
Granted: October 10, 2023
Patent Number:
11784927
In general, this disclosure describes a programmable network platform for dynamically programming a cloud exchange to provide a layer three (L3) routing instance as a service to customers of the cloud exchange. In one example, a cloud exchange comprises an L3 network located within a data center and configured with an L3 routing instance for an enterprise; and for the L3 routing instance, respective first and second attachment circuits for first and second cloud service provider networks…
Controlling access to internet of things devices using verifiable credentials
Granted: October 3, 2023
Patent Number:
11777932
In general, this disclosure describes an IoT access control exchange for IoT devices. Verifiable credentials can be generated and used to grant access to IoT devices definitively identified using a Decentralized Identifier (DID). DIDs for IoT devices are registered by the IoT exchange hub acting as an Identity Hub. An organization interested in obtaining data from a collection of devices, the IoT Access Customer, contacts the IoT device owner agent via their mutual agents and obtains a…
Hierarchical distributed dynamic host configuration protocol system
Granted: October 3, 2023
Patent Number:
11777899
In general, techniques are described for a hierarchical, distributed DHCP system for managing IP address assignment among distributed networks of computing devices. For example, a system may include a central DHCP server configured to manage a plurality of distributed DHCP servers, each distributed DHCP server configured to perform DHCP using IP addresses allocated from a common prefix for a tenant associated with computing devices managed by multiple DHCP servers. The central DHCP…
Fallback service through a cloud exchange for network service provider connections
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11677660
An example method includes receiving, from a customer system by a cloud exchange comprising processing circuitry, a request to communicatively couple a virtual gateway on network infrastructure of the cloud exchange to a network gateway communicatively coupled to a public network, the request including data indicating a public Internet Protocol (IP) address of the customer system, wherein the customer system is configured with a first connection communicatively coupling the customer…
Authorization automation in procurement of interconnections within a data center
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11671429
In some examples, a method includes obtaining, by a computing device operated by a data center provider for a data center, from a first customer of the data center provider, order information comprising a set of parameters defining an interconnection within the data center between a first customer network of the first customer and a second customer network of a second customer of the data center provider, wherein the first customer network and the second customer network are co-located…
Hybrid compensation of chromatic dispersion in optical networks
Granted: April 25, 2023
Patent Number:
11637637
Techniques are described for providing a hybrid compensation of chromatic dispersion in optical networks to reduce power consumption by coherent receivers. In some examples, a controller may receive a chromatic dispersion value of an optical signal from a coherent receiver integrated with a receiver optical network device. The controller may compare the chromatic dispersion value with a threshold. The controller may, in response to determining that the chromatic dispersion value…
Determining asset associations for data center customers
Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number:
11627051
A data center infrastructure monitoring system and method that includes a plurality of geographically distributed data centers, each data center comprising a plurality of mechanical assets. A data center gateway system communicatively coupled to one or more data centers of the plurality of data centers is configured to determine a subset of the plurality of mechanical assets of the data center that provide cooling to equipment of a customer of the data center, and output, for display, a…
Tenant-driven dynamic resource allocation for virtual network functions
Granted: March 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11611517
Techniques for tenant-driven dynamic resource allocation in network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI). In one example, an orchestration system is operated by a data center provider for a data center and that orchestration system comprises processing circuitry coupled to a memory; logic stored in the memory and configured for execution by the processing circuitry, wherein the logic is operative to: compute an aggregate bandwidth for a plurality of flows associated with a…
Multi-zone secure artificial intelligence exchange and hub
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11593500
In general, this disclosure describes a multi-zone secure AI exchange. The multi-zone secure AI exchange may be implemented in a multi-cloud, multi-data center environment, where each zone may be in a different cloud or data center. The multi-zone secure AI exchange may include a data repository, a data exchange, and shared services. The data repository may be configured to store algorithms and datasets, each having a respective owning user. The data exchange may receive datasets and…
Application workload routing and interworking for network defined edge routing
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11589255
Techniques are described for a network providing application workload routing and application workload interworking. For example, a controller may move or replicate an application workload hosted on an original edge compute to a different edge compute in a different edge data center that is locally accessible by the device and route the network traffic to the new edge compute using paths mapped to respective traffic classes.
Cloud-to-cloud interface
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11588731
In general, this disclosure describes a cloud exchange (or “cloud exchange”) that offers a cloud-to-cloud interface (CCI) for interconnecting cloud services to tenants within public clouds. As described herein, the cloud exchange may be configured with a cloud-to-cloud interface that enables tenant applications of a public cloud to subscribe to and communicate with cloud services, using an end-to-end layer 3 path, in some cases without requiring a separate routing protocol session…
Encryption key namespace for containerized workloads
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11586752
In general, techniques are described for an encryption key namespace of a kernel, executed by a host computing device, the encryption key namespace having a configuration file that stores an association of a key identifier and a container identifier by which the host computing device can obtain a data encryption key to use for decrypting/encrypting data for the container identified by the container identifier. In this way, a user may associate a container (or container image) with a…
Soft breaker circuit
Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11581728
In some examples, an electrical power system includes a power source and a load modulator configured to receive power from the power source and to deliver power to a load zone. The electrical power system also includes a controller configured to determine a software-controlled power flow limit for the load zone. The controller is further configured to receive information indicating the power delivered to the load zone and to cause the power delivered to the load zone to remain below the…
Isolating time synchronization traffic using virtualization
Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11570096
This disclosure describes techniques for providing customer isolation of time synchronization traffic using virtualization. For example, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, an Internet protocol (IP) address of a customer network of a plurality of customer networks connected to a cloud exchange executed by the computing device; configuring, by the computing device, a time synchronization server connected to the cloud exchange with a Virtualized Local Area Network (VLAN)…
Reserve bus distribution system testing
Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number:
11561874
A method of testing a distribution center bus system having one or more of the following features: (a) opening a reserve bus breaker between a reserve bus UPS and a reserve bus, (b) initiating a self-test mode at the reserve bus UPS, (c) routing current through the reserve bus UPS, the reserve bus, a reserve bus static bypass circuit back to the reserve bus UPS, (d) testing the reserve bus to detect heat, determine any significant current loss, or identify other attributes suggesting…
