Learning of malicious behavior vocabulary and threat detection through behavior matching
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160429
In one embodiment, a device obtains input features for a neural network-based model. The device pre-defines a set of neurons of the model to represent known behaviors associated with the input features. The device constrains weights for a plurality of outputs of the model. The device trains the neural network-based model using the constrained weights for the plurality of outputs of the model and by excluding the pre-defined set of neurons from updates during the training.
Compressible thermal link
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160979
According to one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a first block and a second block, one or more springs provided between the first block and the second block, and a thermally conductive wrap extending from the first block to the second block, wherein the thermally conductive wrap is configured to conduct heat away from the first block. An assembly including a chassis, a receptacle, and the apparatus is also provided, as well as a method for operating the apparatus.
Integrating graphene into the skin depth region of high speed communications signals for a printed circuit board
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160948
A conductive signal transmission structure for a printed circuit includes a copper material and a graphene layer disposed within the copper material at a depth below a surface of the structure. The depth of the graphene layer is further within a skin depth region of the structure when a transmission signal applied to the conductive signal transmission structure has a signal speed of at least 112 Gbps and/or a Nyquist frequency that is at least about 14 gigahertz (GHz).
Integration of a Wi-Fi access point with a cellular radio unit
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160933
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at…
Over-the-wire access point coordination
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160859
A method includes determining whether a first access point of a plurality of access points and a second access point of the plurality of access points should communicate simultaneously over a shared channel in a first network and in response to determining that one of the plurality of access points won contention of a transmission opportunity for the shared channel, dividing the transmission opportunity into a plurality of time slots. The method also includes scheduling transmissions of…
Dynamic frequency coordination in shared wireless communication environments
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160819
Various embodiments herein disclose coordinating frequencies for an access point (AP). A corresponding method comprises evaluating a performance profile for the AP, the performance profile comprising a first part related to a first network generated by a first radio of the AP and a second part related to a second network generated by a second radio of the AP. The method also comprises selecting first channels on which the AP generates the first network based on the performance profile…
Facilitating user equipment to user equipment communications in a mobile network environment
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160809
Presented herein are techniques to facilitate user equipment (UE) to UE communications in a mobile network environment. In one example, a method may include provisioning a UE route selection policy (URSP) for each of a first UE and a second UE, wherein each URSP provisioned for each of the first UE and the second UE comprises: a first token that identifies at least one network resource that is to be utilized for a session for each of the first UE and the second UE; and a second token…
User equipment steering across a wireless wide area disaggregated virtualized radio access network and a wireless local area radio access network
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160730
Presented herein are techniques to facilitate wireless wide area (WWA) virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) (e.g., 5G) to wireless local area (WLA) RAN (e.g., Wi-Fi) steering or WLA RAN to WWA vRAN steering for one or more UE. In one example, a method may include obtaining first performance metrics associated with links of a WWA vRAN (e.g., fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul links); obtaining second performance metrics associated with links WLA RAN (e.g., backhaul links); and in…
Client-driven randomized and changing media access control (MAC) address (RCM) mechanism
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160452
Techniques are provided for client-driven Randomized and Changing Media Access Control (MAC) address (RCM) mechanisms. In one example, a wireless client is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless network. The wireless client obtains data relating to a level of security for one or more MAC addresses of the wireless client. Based on the data, the wireless client computes a score that represents the level of security for the one or more MAC addresses. Using the score, the…
Hierarchical models using self organizing learning topologies
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160436
In one embodiment, a device obtains characteristics of a first anomaly detection model executed by a first distributed learning agent in a network. The device receives a query from a second distributed learning agent in the network that requests identification of a similar anomaly detection to that of a second anomaly detection model executed by the second distributed learning agent. The device identifies, after receiving the query from the second distributed learning agent, the first…
Route exchange in multi-tenant clustered controllers
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160370
Route exchange in a plurality of network controller appliances on a per-tenant basis is disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a network management system and at a first network controller appliance, a designation of at least two tenants to be hosted on the first network controller appliance, the first network controller appliance being one of a plurality of network controller appliances in a SD-WAN; sending, from the first network controller appliance to other…
Systems and methods for Internet-of-Things network predictive topology switching
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160364
Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are provided for determining critical flow characteristics and predicting the network resources to compute time-based p-routes that satisfy different SLAs. Critical flows within a set of nodes organized in a DODAG are monitored and assessed according to applicable SLAs and relevant networking KPIs to generate a forecast of the traffic flow and the overall SLAs for these critical flows. These overall SLAs, KPIs, and the generated…
Network monitoring agent hubs
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160355
In one embodiment, a method comprises: establishing, from an agent hub device, a tunnel to a remote vantage point device; generating, by the agent hub device, test traffic to appear as though the test traffic originates from the remote vantage point device; encapsulating, by the agent hub device, the test traffic into the tunnel to the remote vantage point device to cause the remote vantage point device to decapsulate the test traffic and send the test traffic as though the test traffic…
Estimating the need for user feedback in training multi-application QoE models
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160348
In one embodiment, a device identifies a plurality of online applications accessible via a network for which a prediction model was trained to predict their application experiences. The device makes a determination as to whether a particular online application is behaviorally similar to any of the plurality of online applications. The device obtains, based on the determination, application experience metrics for the particular online application, when the particular online application is…
Integrity verification for managing network configurations
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160343
In one embodiment, a method includes determining first configuration information for configuring a first user plane device of a first network slice associated with a control plane device, generating a first configuration identifier based on the first configuration information, sending the first configuration identifier and the first configuration information, releasing an association with the first user plane device, receiving a first request to establish the association from the first…
Bridging configuration changes for compliant devices
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160342
Various implementations disclosed herein provide a mechanism for determining that a configuration status of a compliant device is too far out-of-date, and subsequently bridging the configuration status of the compliant device to the up-to-date configuration data and instructions in response. In various implementations, determination of the configuration status of the compliant device is possible using a single request from the compliant device, which in turn reduces the amount of network…
Power delivery through an optical system
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160275
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving power delivered over a data fiber cable at an optical transceiver installed at a network communications device and transmitting data and the power from the optical transceiver to the network communications device. The network communications device is powered by the power received from the optical transceiver. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
Multi-protocol optical device
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160273
An optical system includes a first optical source, a second optical source, a first optical modulator, and a second optical modulator. The first optical modulator includes a first input and a first output. The second optical modulator includes a second input, a third input, a second output, and a third output. During a first mode, the first optical source emits a first optical signal to the first input and the second input, the first optical modulator produces a first modulated optical…
Systems and methods of compensating for frequency offsets in optical communications
Granted: December 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12160266
A system and method for compensating a frequency shift of an optical communication signal may include a tunable receiver laser, a coherent optical receiver that receives the optical communication signal, in which the coherent optical receiver can demodulate the optical communication signal based on an optical output of the tunable receiver laser, a trans-impedance amplifier that receives a demodulated signal from the coherent optical receiver and generates an amplifier output, a laser…
Using machine learning for online application detection
Granted: November 26, 2024
Patent Number:
12155532
In one embodiment, a device obtains telemetry data associated with an online application accessible via a network. The device trains, based on the telemetry data, a machine learning model to determine whether a given address in the network is associated with the online application. The device uses the machine learning model to generate a listing of network addresses associated with the online application. The device provides the listing of network addresses for use by an application…
