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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Ying Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sujata Banerjee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joon-Myung Kang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a system can verify a network function by inquiring a model using a query language is described. In some examples, the system can include at least a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor can execute instructions stored in the memory to transmit a plurality of packets into at least one network function that is unverifiable; describe the at least one network function using a model comprising a set of match action rules and a state machine; inquire the model using a query language comprising a temporal logic to obtain a query result indicating an expected behavior of the plurality of packets; and verify the at least one network function based on the query result and the expected behavior of the plurality of packets.