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Configuration of a software defined network

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1532055
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The present disclosure pertains to systems and method for configuration of communication flows in a software defined network (“SDN”). In one embodiment, a system is operable to configure a communication flow between a first host and a second host. A mode selection subsystem is configured to cause a plurality of network devices in a network connecting the first communication host and the second communication host to transition between an open mode and an SDN operating mode. In the open mode, the network devices may discover a communication path between the first host and the second host. An analysis subsystem may receive information from the plurality of network devices information about the discovered path, and a topology discovery subsystem may be configured to create a communication flow corresponding to the discovered path. The communication flow may allow communication between the first host and the second host in the SDN operating mode.
Research Organization:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
OE0000678
Assignee:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, WA)
Patent Number(s):
9,923,779
Application Number:
14/803,786
OSTI ID:
1532055
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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