Patents by Inventor Israel Means
Israel Means has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230412498Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving a plurality of network probes originating from a first provider edge router in a service provider network, calculating a plurality of network performance metrics, based on the plurality of network probes, and storing the network performance metrics associated with each network probe of the plurality of network probes in a path metric table, wherein an entry in the path metric table for the each network probe includes a path traveled by the each network probe from the first provider edge router to the processing system, the network performance metrics associated with the each network probe, a community value associated with the each network probe, and a traffic classification value associated with the each network probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Israel Means, Adrian Cepleanu, Praveen Ramadenu
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Publication number: 20230353482Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving network performance metrics for a plurality of paths through a network, each path extending from a customer equipment to an application server for data communication by the customer equipment with an application running on the application server, selecting a selected path among the plurality of paths, wherein the selecting is based on the network performance metrics, and communicating between the customer equipment and the application server according to the selected path. Border gateway protocol (BGP) community values (BGP CV) add BGP performance metrics community values (BPM CV) to convey network performance metrics to provider edge routers and customer premises equipment for network selection. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Barry Elia, Mark Lyn
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Patent number: 11805048Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving network performance metrics for a plurality of paths through a network, each path extending from a customer equipment to an application server for data communication by the customer equipment with an application running on the application server, selecting a selected path among the plurality of paths, wherein the selecting is based on the network performance metrics, and communicating between the customer equipment and the application server according to the selected path. Border gateway protocol (BGP) community values (BGP CV) add BGP performance metrics community values (BPM CV) to convey network performance metrics to provider edge routers and customer premises equipment for network selection. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Barry Elia, Mark Lyn
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Publication number: 20230344765Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, network device(s) capable of on-demand virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) table creation. A network device may receive a request from a customer device requesting on-demand VRF creation, and may instantiate and provision a VRF in response. The request made by the customer device may be made by announcing an attribute in a border gateway protocol (BGP) message. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Patent number: 11743180Abstract: A method includes sending a request for services from a Virtual Machine (VM) in an external cloud network to a provider multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network, establishing a multi-protocol border gateway protocol (MP-BGP) session between the provider MPLS network and the external cloud network, exchanging control plane updates between the provider MPLS network and the cloud network and processing paths between the provider MPLS network and the remote VM.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventor: Israel Means
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Publication number: 20230254251Abstract: Managing prefix lists at edge devices can include detecting, at an edge device, a traffic flow that can include a packet that specifies a destination address. The edge device can measure a bandwidth associated with the traffic flow, identify a flow bandwidth threshold defined for the edge device, and determine if the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can include the destination address in a prefix list stored at the edge device. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow does not satisfy the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can omit the destination address from the prefix list stored at the edge device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Mark Lyn, Brian Freeman, Tuan Duong
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Patent number: 11671333Abstract: A system and method for software defined network (SDN) management. Route information is received from a customer edge (CE) device. The route information is parsed to identify at least one virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for which the route information is intended. The route information is imported into the VRF instance.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Publication number: 20230144568Abstract: A routing structure is defined for provider edge (PE) routers that will create the ability to recompute best paths based on application criteria. The routing structure may include the use of a network controller which is connected with the internet to receive requests from applications to trigger path re-computation. The controller will peer with PEs to send re-computation information used by the PE to construct an application-aware BGP table and forwarding instance. The PE also defines a new BGP and packet filter to replicate specific BGP paths into the application-aware table. The application-aware BGP and forwarding instance is unique to the requesting application. Thus, each request with a different source/destination combination obtains a discrete table providing separation. When a packet enters the PE from customer edge (CE) or core interface the packet traverses a packet filter that when matched against source/destination is redirected to the appropriate application-aware forwarding table.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Israel Means, Barry Elia
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Patent number: 11637777Abstract: Managing prefix lists at edge devices can include detecting, at an edge device, a traffic flow that can include a packet that specifies a destination address. The edge device can measure a bandwidth associated with the traffic flow, identify a flow bandwidth threshold defined for the edge device, and determine if the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can include the destination address in a prefix list stored at the edge device. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow does not satisfy the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can omit the destination address from the prefix list stored at the edge device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Mark Lyn, Brian Freeman, Tuan Duong
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Patent number: 11463324Abstract: A system and method for software defined network (SDN) management. Route information is received from a customer edge (CE) device. The route information is parsed to identify at least one virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for which the route information is intended. The route information is imported into the VRF instance.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Publication number: 20220311679Abstract: A system and method for software defined network (SDN) management. Route information is received from a customer edge (CE) device. The route information is parsed to identify at least one virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for which the route information is intended. The route information is imported into the VRF instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Publication number: 20220278890Abstract: A recovery route reflector with a monitoring module and a BGP state establishment module is peered with a plurality of primary route reflectors. Each of the plurality of primary route reflectors is peered with a set of provider edge devices. The BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the plurality of primary route reflectors is periodically monitored. When a primary route reflector fails the BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the failed primary route reflectors is idle, and the recovery route reflector establishes a peer session with the provider edge devices that had been peered with the failed route reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Publication number: 20220247685Abstract: Managing prefix lists at edge devices can include detecting, at an edge device, a traffic flow that can include a packet that specifies a destination address. The edge device can measure a bandwidth associated with the traffic flow, identify a flow bandwidth threshold defined for the edge device, and determine if the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow satisfies the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can include the destination address in a prefix list stored at the edge device. If a determination is made that the bandwidth associated with the traffic flow does not satisfy the flow bandwidth threshold, the edge device can omit the destination address from the prefix list stored at the edge device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Mark Lyn, Brian Freeman, Tuan Duong
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Patent number: 11368355Abstract: A recovery route reflector with a monitoring module and a BGP state establishment module is peered with a plurality of primary route reflectors. Each of the plurality of primary route reflectors is peered with a set of provider edge devices. The BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the plurality of primary route reflectors is periodically monitored. When a primary route reflector fails the BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the failed primary route reflectors is idle, and the recovery route reflector establishes a peer session with the provider edge devices that had been peered with the failed route reflector.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Publication number: 20220166711Abstract: A method includes sending a request for services from a Virtual Machine (VM) in an external cloud network to a provider multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network, establishing a multi-protocol border gateway protocol (MP-BGP) session between the provider MPLS network and the external cloud network, exchanging control plane updates between the provider MPLS network and the cloud network and processing paths between the provider MPLS network and the remote VM.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventor: Israel Means
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Patent number: 10887226Abstract: A system for indirect border gateway routing may include a provider edge router, virtual routing and forwarding instance, a point identification list, and a virtual routing and forwarding import instance. The virtual routing and forwarding import instance may be adapted to receive a route from the provider edge router, in which the route may include a pointer identification directing the virtual routing and forwarding import instance to scan the pointer identification list for the route target associated with multiple virtual routing and forwarding instances. The virtual routing and forwarding import instance may be adapted to import the route to at least one virtual routing and forwarding instance having a route target on the pointer identification list.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Israel Means
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Publication number: 20200412601Abstract: A recovery route reflector with a monitoring module and a BGP state establishment module is peered with a plurality of primary route reflectors. Each of the plurality of primary route reflectors is peered with a set of provider edge devices. The BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the plurality of primary route reflectors is periodically monitored. When a primary route reflector fails the BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the failed primary route reflectors is idle, and the recovery route reflector establishes a peer session with the provider edge devices that had been peered with the failed route reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Patent number: 10764120Abstract: A recovery route reflector with a monitoring module and a BGP state establishment module is peered with a plurality of primary route reflectors. Each of the plurality of primary route reflectors is peered with a set of provider edge devices. The BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the plurality of primary route reflectors is periodically monitored. When a primary route reflector fails the BGP state between the recovery route reflector and the failed primary route reflectors is idle, and the recovery route reflector establishes a peer session with the provider edge devices that had been peered with the failed route reflector.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu
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Patent number: 10594514Abstract: A system comprising a BAFX adapted to provide a route exchange between dissimilar address family interfaces; wherein the BAFX is a control plane BGP speaker that connects directly to each address family interface specific route reflector and wherein each address family interface specific route reflector advertises its BGP content to the BAFX for translation; and the BAFX translates a received address family interface format into a destination address family interface format and announces a reformatted route address to a destination route reflector.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Israel Means, Adrian Cepleanu, Dimitri Krinos
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Publication number: 20200014605Abstract: A system and method for software defined network (SDN) management. Route information is received from a customer edge (CE) device. The route information is parsed to identify at least one virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance for which the route information is intended. The route information is imported into the VRF instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Israel Means, Praveen Ramadenu