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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Telefonica, S.a., Madrid, ES;
Telefonica, S.A., Madrid, ES;
Abstract
A network controller and a method for automatically define forwarding rules to configure a computer networking device, The network controller () is connected to a sub-network (A) of a communication network and comprises: a controller manager () that receives a request for a given service, defines forwarding rules related to said service and installs the defined forwarding rules into a computer networking device () in order to configure it for said given service; a deciding module () configured to communicate with the controller manager () and configured to interact with a DNS server () to receive a determined resolution for a DNS request of said request for said given service, and with a database () to retrieve information supplementary for the DNS request, in order to assist the controller manager () in performing the defining of the forwarding rules; and a plurality of interfaces (S, S, S) for allowing the communication between the different elements.