Extreme Networks, Inc.

Wolfgang Lochner

Nick G Suizo

Raj Nagarajan

Anil Villait

Raju Koganty

Balaji Srinivasan

Zihong Lu

Desikan Saravanan

Abhay Gidwani

Govind Raj Desur

Jeff Ronne

Rajasekaran Nagarajan

Yasar Khan

Jeffrey A Ronne

Allison Marks

Sandra Yu

Prabhat Tripathi

Suresh Ramamurthy

A method is provided for a network location service in which one or more packet forwarding devices in the network collect and maintain location data for the devices/users currently connected to a network. The data is maintained locally in each packet forwarding device and may be provided on demand to a network/business application, such as emergency 911 services or a location-based security or personalization system. The location data is provided in real-time or near real-time using an in-band channel communication and/or over the Internet using a standard transport protocol, such as HTTP/S and SOAP web services.

Network location service

Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamic network access device port and user device configuration are disclosed. According to one method, when a user device is connected to a port of a network access device, the type of user device is determined. The type of user device is used to locate a corresponding port configuration policy. The port to which the device is connected is dynamically configured based on the port configuration policy.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamic network access device port and user device configuration for implementing device-based and user-based policies

A self-configuring network comprises network devices that are automatically provisioned with appropriate network resources upon the occurrence of a network event. A profile containing one or more commands to provision a network device with appropriate network resources is deployed to selected connecting devices. The selected connecting devices are targeted for deployment based on the network device and/or port groups to which they belong as determined from a network management system. The profile is bound to the selected connecting devices and affected ports as well as the network events that will trigger execution of the profile on the devices where they are deployed. A graphical user interface and profile information database may be used to facilitate managing the profiles, targeted devices/ports and associated network events.

Self-configuring network

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Wolfgang Lochner