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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Spring, TX (US);
Krishna Mohan Elluru, Bangalore, IN;
Suresh Rukmangathan, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A process includes determining, by an uplink identification engine, temporal usages of respective network interfaces of a plurality of network interfaces of a network device. The process includes, based on the temporal usages, identifying, by the uplink identification engine, a plurality of uplink candidates corresponding to respective network interfaces of the plurality of network devices. The process includes classifying, by the uplink identification engine, each uplink candidate as belonging to either a first group that is associated with a data link layer or a second group that is associated with a network layer. The process includes evaluating, by the uplink identification engine, the plurality of uplink candidates based on the respective classifications. The process includes identifying, by the uplink identification engine and based on the evaluation, a given network interface as being an uplink.
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