Antenna pattern matching and mounting
Granted: April 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11962370
A technique for improving wireless communication characteristics involving matching transmitter antenna patterns to receiver antenna patterns. In a specific implementation, the transmitter antenna pattern adapts to changing parameters, such as when a smartphone is initially held in a first orientation and is later held in a second orientation. Because the transmitter antenna pattern matches receiver antenna patterns, signal quality between stations improves. In some implementations,…
Systems and methods for determining flow and path analytics of an application of a network using sampled packet inspection
Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number:
11909606
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring health of each switch of a plurality of switches on a network by selectively mirroring packets transmitted by each switch of the plurality of switches. In some embodiments, control circuitry generates a plurality of mirroring parameters, each mirroring parameter comprising an instruction to mirror a respective type of packet. The control circuitry transmits the plurality of mirroring parameters to each switch of the plurality of…
Network device mounting
Granted: January 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11876281
A mounting device configured to be integrated with a network device to facilitate mounting of the network device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the mounting device is a twist-to-lock mounting device configured to be compatible with one or more standard types of ceiling rails, allowing network devices to be mounted in a non-destructive manner without requiring the use of tools.
Multi-access edge computing based visibility network
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11870649
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing traffic visibility in a network. An embodiment operates by a third-party component in communication with a network component—each located at a network's edge—maintaining a rule table including a first rule comprising first identifiers and a first action for deriving a first packet characteristic. The third-party component receives a first packet copy including second identifiers from the…
Shortest path bridging (SPB) multi area and virtual SPB node
Granted: December 19, 2023
Patent Number:
11848856
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for generating and/or using virtual node(s) (e.g., virtual SPB node(s)) in a multi-area fabric (e.g., a multi-area SPB fabric). A multi-area network includes a first network area including a first set of network nodes. The multi-area network further includes a second network area including a second set of network nodes, where the second set of network nodes is outside of the first network area. The multi-area…
Online anomaly detection of vector embeddings
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11824876
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an anomaly detection system. Some aspects of this disclosure include a method for detecting anomaly in a network device. The method includes determining one or more similarity values between a flow vector corresponding to a flow associated with the network device and one or more flow clusters associated with the network device. The method further includes determining a maximum similarity value as…
Wireless network device with directional communication functionality
Granted: October 17, 2023
Patent Number:
11792288
Methods, systems, and devices are provided herein for establishing a proxy communication link for network devices. The proxy communication link can allow a network device, such as an access point, to communicate with a network device manager when the network device is in an error state. A proxy device, such as a smart phone, can be authenticated with the network device manager to provide a communication link and can communicate with the network device using an optical communication…
Shortest path bridging (SPB) multi area
Granted: October 17, 2023
Patent Number:
11792109
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for multiple instance Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS or ISIS) for a multi-area fabric. A network area in a multi-area fabric includes one or more network nodes and a boundary node shared with an other network area of the multi-area fabric outside of the network area. The boundary node can include a first ISIS instance associated with the network area and a second ISIS instance associated with the…
MAC-based redistribution policy for multi-area networks
Granted: September 26, 2023
Patent Number:
11770332
Provided herein are systems and methods for providing a MAC-based redistribution policy between networks in a multi-area network. A network can have a boundary node that communicates to neighboring networks. Boundary nodes can receive policy updates that identify which services are redistributable across network boundaries. Boundary nodes can receive a packet for a service, translate the packet's encapsulation, and forward the packet across the boundary towards a destination node.…
Shortest path bridging (SPB) multi area
Granted: June 27, 2023
Patent Number:
11689446
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for multiple instance Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS or ISIS) for a multi-area fabric. A network area in a multi-area fabric includes one or more network nodes and a boundary node shared with an other network area of the multi-area fabric outside of the network area. The boundary node can include a first ISIS instance associated with the network area and a second ISIS instance associated with the…
Selective policy network device operation
Granted: May 23, 2023
Patent Number:
11659052
Techniques for synchronizing a network device to selectively operate according to a selectable operation policy. A system utilizing such techniques can a self-configuring network device operation coordination system and a self-configuring network device operation management system. A method utilizing such techniques can include synchronizing a network device to selectively operate according to a first operation policy and a second operation policy in providing network service access.
Overlay IP multicast over unicast IP networks
Granted: February 7, 2023
Patent Number:
11575775
Implementations generally relate to data transmission in networks. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a first management protocol message from a first edge device, where the first management protocol message includes first edge device information associated with the first edge device, receiver device information associated with a receiver device, and a request by the receiver device to receive multicast data. The method also includes receiving a second management…
Root-cause analysis of event occurrences
Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number:
11570039
Provided herein are systems and methods for determining relationships between events occurring in networks. Notifications describing events occurring in networks can be received and processed to determine groups of network event types. A root-cause network can be generated based on the events, with the nodes of the root-cause network representing different event types and the edges of the root-cause network indicating directional, causal relationships between the nodes. A received…
Systems and methods for zero-footprint large-scale user-entity behavior modeling
Granted: November 22, 2022
Patent Number:
11509540
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for reducing storage space used in tracking behavior of a plurality of network endpoints by modeling the behavior with a behavior model. To this end, control circuitry may determine a respective network endpoint, of a plurality of network endpoints, to which each respective record of a plurality of received records corresponds. The control circuitry then may assign a dedicated queue for each respective network endpoint, and transmit, to each…
Shortest path bridging (SPB) multi area
Granted: November 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11489757
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for multiple instance Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS or ISIS) for a multi-area fabric. A network area in a multi-area fabric includes one or more network nodes and a boundary node shared with an other network area of the multi-area fabric outside of the network area. The boundary node can include a first ISIS instance associated with the network area and a second ISIS instance associated with the…
Automated closed-loop actions in a network using a distributed ledger
Granted: May 3, 2022
Patent Number:
11323324
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for analyzing a network. An embodiment operates by a third-party component deriving network data based on a received data packet from a network component configured to perform a network function. The third-party component orders a transaction including second network data from a distributed ledger. The third-party component determines that the first and second network data meet or exceed a condition of a smart…
Configuration of networks using switch device access of remote server
Granted: December 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11201814
Implementations relate to configuration of networks using switch device access of a remote server. In some implementations, a method includes sending a request from an edge configuration device to an access control server, where the request requests shortest path bridging (SPB) configuration information for a detected end device connected to the edge configuration device, and where the edge configuration device is connected to an SPB network. The method receives at the edge configuration…
Systems and methods for determining flow and path analytics of an application of a network using sampled packet inspection
Granted: November 30, 2021
Patent Number:
11190418
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring health of each switch of a plurality of switches on a network by selectively mirroring packets transmitted by each switch of the plurality of switches. In some embodiments, control circuitry generates a plurality of mirroring parameters, each mirroring parameter comprising an instruction to mirror a respective type of packet. The control circuitry transmits the plurality of mirroring parameters to each switch of the plurality of…
System and method for providing a dynamic comparative network health analysis of a network environment
Granted: September 28, 2021
Patent Number:
11133990
A system and method for providing a dynamic comparative network health analysis of a network environment, the method comprising: obtaining dynamic and static network environment parameters of a plurality of network environments; creating network environment profiles of each network environment of the plurality of network environments based on the dynamic and static network environment parameters; performing comparative analysis of network environment profiles of a first network…
Bandwidth sentinel
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11115857
Minimum guaranteed wireless network bandwidth is provided to client network devices by monitoring the performance of network connections to identify client network devices experiencing network congestion. Congested network connections are then analyzed to determine the source of the network congestion. Depending upon the source of the network congestion, an embodiment of the invention may undertake steps to either improve the quality of the network connection or to mitigate the impact of…
