IP Library Patent Application 18772029
Patent Application
App. No. 18/772,029

ENHANCED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSISTENT NETWORK PATHS

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18/772,029
Abstract

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to determining persistent service paths between provider edge devices and customer edge devices. A device may identify a service identifier associated with a service provided by a communication network; identify, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more first adjacencies between provider edge devices, of the communication network, using a service indicated by the service identifier; identify, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more second adjacencies between the provider edge devices and customer edge devices using the service; and map, based on the one or more first adjacencies and the one or more second adjacencies, a persistent service path between a customer edge device of the customer edge devices and a provider edge device of the provider edge devices.

Claims (35)

1 . A method of determining persistent service paths between provider edge devices and customer edge devices, the method comprising:

identifying, by at least one processor of a device, a service identifier associated with a service provided by a communication network;

identifying, by the at least one processor, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more first adjacencies between provider edge devices, of the communication network, using a service indicated by the service identifier;

identifying, by the at least one processor, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more second adjacencies between the provider edge devices and customer edge devices using the service; and

mapping, by the at least one processor, based on the one or more first adjacencies and the one or more second adjacencies, a persistent service path between a customer edge device of the customer edge devices and a provider edge device of the provider edge devices.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a metro core to a metro edge adjacency.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a metro core to a metro aggregator adjacency.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a metro off-network to network interface adjacency.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a ma to metro edge adjacency.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping is performed without a user request.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first adjacencies and the second adjacencies are based on each metro core cluster member of a cluster of metro core cluster members.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising generating the cluster of metro core cluster members based on third adjacencies between the provider edge devices and a metro core.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein generating the cluster comprises removing non-cluster members identified using metro core to metro core adjacencies and metro core to member adjacencies.

10 . A device for determining persistent service paths between provider edge devices and customer edge devices, the device comprising memory coupled to at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify a service identifier associated with a service provided by a communication network;

identify, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more first adjacencies between provider edge devices, of the communication network, using a service indicated by the service identifier;

identify, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more second adjacencies between the provider edge devices and customer edge devices using the service; and

map, based on the one or more first adjacencies and the one or more second adjacencies, a persistent service path between a customer edge device of the customer edge devices and a provider edge device of the provider edge devices.

11 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a metro core to a metro edge adjacency.

12 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a metro core to a metro aggregator adjacency.

13 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a metro off-network to network interface adjacency.

14 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a ma to metro edge adjacency.

15 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the mapping is performed without a user request.

16 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the first adjacencies and the second adjacencies are based on each metro core cluster member of a cluster of metro core cluster members.

17 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the cluster of metro core cluster members based on third adjacencies between the provider edge devices and a metro core.

18 . The device of claim 17 , wherein to generate the cluster comprises to remove non-cluster members identified using metro core to metro core adjacencies and metro core to member adjacencies.

19 . A system for determining persistent service paths between provider edge devices and customer edge devices, the system comprising:

the provider edge devices;

the customer edge devices; and

memory coupled to at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to:

identify a service identifier associated with a service provided by a communication network;

identify, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more first adjacencies between the provider edge devices, wherein the provider edges use a service indicated by the service identifier;

identify, based on the service identifier and traffic data of the communication network, one or more second adjacencies between the provider edge devices and customer edge devices, wherein the customer edge devices use the service; and

map, based on the one or more first adjacencies and the one or more second adjacencies, a persistent service path between a customer edge device of the customer edge devices and a provider edge device of the provider edge devices.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the first adjacencies comprise a metro core to a metro edge adjacency.

Assignments (3)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (SECOND LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0749 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2024
From: WAKUMOTO, STEVE; ALLEN, DAYNE; JING, ZHUO; MALDONADO, EFREN; TRAN, HOANG; SANNIOLA, BRIAN
To: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068062/0209 →