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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/1042 (2022.01); H04L 41/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 41/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/1046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of managing a node in a cluster of nodes in an SDN network. The method comprising receiving from the node a request to join the cluster and a list of references authenticating the node. The references are verified and if the referenced passed the verification the node is allowed to join the cluster. Then a trust level of the node is calculated based on the number of verified references, wherein a role of the node in the cluster depends on the trust level of said node.