Juniper Networks, Inc.

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Airespace, Inc.

Mist Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Ricochet Networks, Inc.

Ormat Industries Ltd.

Randall Goldstein

Jim Arnold

Robert J. Friday

Philip Rettger

Yoram Bronicki

Robert J Friday

Randall Wayne Frei

Paul F Dietrich

Neal Dante Castagnoli

Robert B O'Hara, Jr

Patrice R Calhoun

Alexander H Hills

Oscar S Ernohazy

Nicolas Dade

Gregg Scott Davi

David Anthony Frascone

Keh-Ming Luoh

Esteban Raul Torres

Osman Sarood

Shmuel Shaffer

Sudhir Kumar Jain

Jisheng Wang

Brett D Galloway

Xiaoying Wu

Kush Shah

Yedunandan Siddalingappa-Vitalapur

Pascal Thubert

Patrick Wetterwald

Brian Donald Hart

Vincent Jean Ribiere

Jacob Thomas

Philip B Rettger

Nagarjun Srinivasan

Mohammad Zohoorian

Jie C Jiang

Milind Paranjpe

Sujai Hajela

Abhiram Madhugiri Shamsundar

Ravi Akireddy

Randall S Goldstein

Robert B O'Hara

Michael W Ritter

Kevin Friday

Sunalini Sankhavaram

Amin Toghi Eshghi

Nicholas S Dade

Thirunavukkarasu Suresh

Arty Srivastava

Sudheer Matta

Jordan Batch

Huan Thien-Vu

Patrice R Calhous

Mathew Douglas Howard

Matthew Douglas Howard

Nicolas S Dade

The disclosed embodiments provide for rules-based deployment of software installations. In some aspects, operational parameters for a computer system are monitored over time to generate a historical database of values for the operational parameters. The computer system may include multiple instances of a software installation. A portion of the multiple instances is updated with a new version of software. The operational parameters are then monitored to quantify whether the new version results in an improvement or degradation of performance of the computer system. The improvement or degradation is based on comparing values of the operational parameters after deployment to their historical values. Depending on the evaluation of the operational parameters after the installation, the installation may be rolled back if a degradation is indicated. Otherwise, the new software version may be propagated to additional installation instances.

Rules driven software deployment agent

A system includes a plurality of access point devices (APs) configured to provide a wireless network at a site, each of the plurality of APs having a known location, and a network management system comprising one or more processors and a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: determine, based on a known location of a first AP of the plurality of APs, a known location of a second AP of the plurality of APs, and received signal strength measurements of wireless signals originating at one or more antennas of the first AP and received by one or more antennas of the second AP, an orientation angle of the second AP; and generate an output indicative of the orientation angle of the second AP.

Determining orientation of deployed access points

Methods and apparatus for using beacon signals are described. One or more sectorized base stations are used in some embodiments to transmit beacon signals into zones, e.g., each zone being at least partially covered by one or more beacon signals. Use of sectorized base stations allows a single base station, e.g., a Bluetooth or other base station capable of transmitting beacon signals, to cover a number of different zones avoiding the need for multiple different beacon transmitters at different locations to establish different beacon coverage areas. Sectorization of a Bluetooth base station and the ability to remotely or locally configure the base station allows for great flexibility to use beacon signals in stores or other locations without the need for numerous individual battery powered beacon transmitters at floor or display level.

Methods and apparatus for generating, transmitting and/or using beacons

A wireless access point system includes a processor configured to tap event data and process the event data using a plurality of event filters. Each event filter of the plurality of event filters applies event criteria to detect one or more types of events. The wireless access point system includes a memory configured to store the tapped event data. The wireless access point system includes a communication interface configured to report a report of a detected event type. At least a portion of the report is correlated to analyze a performance of a wireless network.

Monitoring wireless access point events

Methods and apparatus relating to use of actual and/or virtual beacons are described. Virtual beacons are virtual in that an actual beacon need not be transmitted but a rather a virtual beacon transmitter at a desired location maybe considered to transmit virtual beacons. In some embodiments a set of beacon transmitter information for one or more beacons is supplied to devices in a communications system. The beacon transmitter information indicates transmission power and location of actual and virtual beacon transmitters as well as information to be communicated by virtual beacons. Devices with access to beacon information can determine based on the location of a wireless terminal whether the wireless terminal is within coverage area of a virtual beacon and report reception of the virtual beacon to the wireless terminal or a component of the wireless terminal which acts upon receiving an indication of beacon reception.

Methods and apparatus relating to the use of real and/or virtual beacons

This disclosure describes a network management system (NMS) configured to determine a particular network device of a plurality of network devices based on a first user input in a conversational assistant. The one or more processors are further configured to identify a set of actionable insights for the particular network device based on network data received from the plurality of network devices and determine a set of views of a dashboard based at least on the set of actionable insights, wherein each view of the set of views displays a portion of the network data received from the plurality of network devices. The one or more processors are further configured to select a view of the set of views of the dashboard based on a second user input in the conversational assistant and cause the dashboard to display the selected view.

Conversational assistant for obtaining network information

A network management system (NMS) is described that provides a granular troubleshooting workflow at an application session level using an application session-specific topology from a client device to a cloud-based application server. During an application session of a cloud-based application, a client device running the application exchanges data through one or more access point (AP) devices, one or more switches at a wired network edge, and one or more network nodes, e.g., switches, routers, and/or gateway devices, to reach a cloud-based application server. For a particular application session, the NMS generates a topology based on network data received from a subset of network devices, e.g., client devices, AP devices, switches, routers, and/or gateways, that were involved in the particular application session over a duration of the particular application session. In this way, the NMS enables backward-looking troubleshooting of the particular application session.

Application session-specific network topology generation for troubleshooting the application session

Methods and apparatus for generating,transmitting and/or using beacons

A first set of access rules is received from an access configuration service. The first set of access rules specifies addresses of devices authorized for a first user. A second set of access rules is received from the access configuration service. The second set of the access rules specifies addresses of devices authorized for a second user. At a wireless access point, a network packet associated with the first user is received. The first set of access rules is applied to filter the network packet.

Access enforcement at a wireless access point

A wireless access point system includes a processor configured to tap event data and process the event data using a plurality of event filters. Each event filter of the plurality of event filters applies event criteria to detect one or more types of events. The wireless access point system includes a memory configured to store the tapped event data. A communication interface configured to report a report of a detected event type. At least a portion of the report is correlated to analyze a performance of a wireless network.

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Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

Robert J Friday