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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Casimer DeCusatis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Anuradha Rao, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04J 14/0269 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 47/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for managing data flows in a network. A software-defined network controller obtains one or more attributes associated with one or more devices, such as physical layer devices. The obtained attribute(s) are stored in a table. A flow of data in the network is controlled based on the table.