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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Inventors:

Petar Djukic, Ottawa, CA;

David Jordan Krauss, Centreville, VA (US);

James P'ford't Carnes, Iii, Baltimore, MD (US);

William Kaufmann, Chicago, IL (US);

Balaji Subramaniam, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2021.12); G06F 21/62 (2012.12); H04L 45/302 (2021.12); H04L 47/2475 (2021.12); H04W 12/128 (2020.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2012.12); G06F 21/6254 (2012.12); H04L 45/306 (2012.12); H04L 47/2475 (2012.12); H04L 63/1416 (2012.12); H04W 12/128 (2020.12);
Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring a network slice are provided. A method, according to one implementation, include extracting information from network traffic received from one or more User Plane Function (UPF) components of a network slice; examining the extracted information using Machine Learning (ML), and, in response to detecting of one or more malicious threats based on the examined extracted information by the ML, causing one or more actions to isolate the network traffic to protect at least the network slice from the one or more malicious threats.


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