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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2024
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Dylan Reid, Atlanta, GA (US);

Joseph Soryal, Glendale, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 41/00 (2022.01); H04L 41/06 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/0894 (2022.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 41/0897 (2022.01); H04L 41/342 (2022.01); H04L 43/20 (2022.01); H04L 43/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2013.01); H04L 41/06 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/0894 (2022.05); H04L 41/0895 (2022.05); H04L 41/0897 (2022.05); H04L 41/20 (2013.01); H04L 41/342 (2022.05); H04L 43/20 (2022.05); H04L 43/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes an orchestrator for a software-defined network and configured to receive a request for operation of the software-defined network, a software-defined network controller in communication with the orchestrator through a northbound application programming interface, at least one network element in communication with the software defined network controller though a southbound application programming interface, and a mutable network element configured to receive the request and instantiate a virtual function within the mutable network element to test the at least one network element in accordance with the request.


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