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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2024
Parry Labs, Llc, Alexandria, VA (US);
David Walsh, Alexandria, VA (US);
Parry Labs, LLC, Alexandria, VA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for discovering and linking software-defined networking (SDN) node and non-SDN node in a communication network are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive, from a plurality of non-SDN nodes, a discovery message, wherein the discovery message comprises node metadata related to the plurality of non-SDN nodes, identify, by an SDN node, at least one compatible non-SDN node from the plurality of non-SDN nodes based on the discovery message, establish a communication link between the SDN node and the at least one compatible non-SDN node and integrate, by a network controller, the at least one compatible non-SDN node into a communication network.