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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:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Hongtao Yin, Fremont, CA (US);

Shujin Zhang, San Carlos, CA (US);

Xuesong Dong, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Bisong Tao, San Jose, CA (US);

Pinzhong Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Katherine Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);

Lin Han, San Jose, CA (US);

Xiaoyong Yi, Fremont, CA (US);

Ming Li, Cupertino, CA (US);

Yonghui Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for network control, comprising receiving a request for a network view from an application at a Software Defined Network (SDN) controller, creating a network view from a network map, wherein the network map comprises a representation of a plurality of network devices and network paths in a SDN-based multiple layer network, and wherein the network view comprises at least a portion of the devices or paths in the network map, and sharing the network view with the application.


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