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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Tellabs Oy, Espoo, FI;
Juha-Petteri Nieminen, Espoo, FI;
CORIANT OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method for configuring network elements of a software-defined network on the basis of relation data items and action policy rules is presented. Each relation data item expresses two entities and their relationship and each action policy rule expresses an event and an action to be carried out in response to the event. The method comprises deriving () implicit relations between the entities on the basis of the relation data items and generating () the configuration data for the network elements on the basis of the relation data items, the action policy rules, and the derived implicit relations. The derivation of the implicit relations and the utilization of the derived implicit relations for generating the configuration data facilitate providing automated operation.