End-to-end network service assurance solution

US9059939B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9059939-B2
Application numberUS-201213524932-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 15, 2012
Priority dateFeb 23, 2012
Publication dateJun 16, 2015
Grant dateJun 16, 2015

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Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for providing network service assurance. One exemplary embodiment includes a framework for network service assurance that includes a presentation layer, a service management layer, a network-infrastructure management layer, and a unified network-access layer. The unified-network-access layer is configured to receive a network request in a standard abstracted format, the network request being associated with at least one network element. The unified network-access layer also being configured to select a vendor adaptor from a plurality of vendor adaptors based on an element type of the at least one network element. The unified network-access layer further being configured to generate a vendor-formatted network request using the vendor adapter, and configured to send the vendor-formatted network request to the at least one network element.

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We claim: 1. A system comprising one or more computing devices implementing an integrated end-to-end framework for network service assurance, the system comprising: one or more processors; and memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions for causing the system to implement the framework comprising: a presentation layer; a service management layer; a network-infrastructure management layer; and a unified network-access layer, the unified network-access layer…

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What does patent US9059939B2 cover?
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for providing network service assurance. One exemplary embodiment includes a framework for network service assurance that includes a presentation layer, a service management layer, a network-infrastructure management layer, and a unified network-access layer. The unified-network-access layer is configured to receive a netwo…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Garimella Krishna Ghaitanya, Shetty Ashit Mahendra, Saxena Gaurav, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L41/5054. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 16 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).