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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventor:
Zoltán Lajos Kis, Budapest, HU;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/04 (2013.01); H04L 69/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for configuring a Software-Defined Network (SDN) is provided. A first control message is issued by a Software-Defined Network controller. The first control message is received at a first network device of the SDN. The first control message includes a SDN configuration command. Two or more second network devices of the SDN are determined as recipients of the SDN configuration command or as intermediate nodes towards recipients of the SDN configuration command. The first network device sends second control messages to the determined two or more second network devices.