Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first router, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application and generating, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router. The first router is in an active mode within a network. The method also includes comparing, by the first router, the first SLA characteristics for the first router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, second SLA characteristics for a second router. The second router is in a standby mode within the network. The method further includes comparing, by the first router, the second SLA characteristics for the second router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, whether to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an integrated management method to manage a service mesh data plane over a network fabric. The method includes determining at least one service mesh data plane policy for a microservice of a service mesh. The method further includes sending, over the network fabric, the at least one service mesh data plane policy to a virtual router associated with the microservice based at least in part on connectivity information maintained by a network fabric control plane manager of a configuration manager.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an integrated management method to manage a service mesh data plane over a network fabric. The method includes determining at least one service mesh data plane policy for a microservice of a service mesh. The method further includes sending, over the network fabric, the at least one service mesh data plane policy to a virtual router associated with the microservice based at least in part on connectivity information maintained by a network fabric control plane manager of a configuration manager.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first router, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application and generating, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router. The first router is in an active mode within a network. The method also includes comparing, by the first router, the first SLA characteristics for the first router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, second SLA characteristics for a second router. The second router is in a standby mode within the network. The method further includes comparing, by the first router, the second SLA characteristics for the second router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, whether to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an integrated management method to manage a service mesh data plane over a network fabric. The method includes determining at least one service mesh data plane policy for a microservice of a service mesh. The method further includes sending, over the network fabric, the at least one service mesh data plane policy to a virtual router associated with the microservice based at least in part on connectivity information maintained by a network fabric control plane manager of a configuration manager.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first router, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application and generating, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router. The first router is in an active mode within a network. The method also includes comparing, by the first router, the first SLA characteristics for the first router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, second SLA characteristics for a second router. The second router is in a standby mode within the network. The method further includes comparing, by the first router, the second SLA characteristics for the second router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, whether to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first router, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application and generating, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router. The first router is in an active mode within a network. The method also includes comparing, by the first router, the first SLA characteristics for the first router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, second SLA characteristics for a second router. The second router is in a standby mode within the network. The method further includes comparing, by the first router, the second SLA characteristics for the second router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, whether to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

Abstract: A device may receive a control packet associated with a connection. The control packet may include a network address. The device may identify an application layer identifier that is associated with the network address. The device may identify a service rule associated with the application layer identifier. The service rule may identify a service to be applied to a data packet associated with the connection. The device may provide the control packet based on identifying the service rule. The control packet may be provided to permit the service to be applied to the data packet in accordance with the service rule.

Abstract: Techniques are described for performing subscriber-aware NAT functions. In one example, routers or other NAT-enabled devices deployed within a network are configured to auto-correlate subscriber information with NAT operations performed by the devices when forwarding network traffic. As such, the techniques offload the burden of correlating subscriber login activity with NAT operations as typically performed by offline NAT log archive systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of amino alcohol derivatives or salts thereof which may be used as intermediates in the preparation of HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, more preferably Carbovir and Abacavir. The present invention more specifically relates to a process for the preparation of (1S, 4R)-4-amino-2-cyclopentene-1-methanol of Formula IIIa.

Abstract: In one example, a gateway device includes one or more processors configured to determine that a subscriber device has started a first application, determine that the subscriber device has ended a second application, and send a message, in accordance with Diameter protocol, to a policy server device indicating both that the subscriber device has started the first application and that the subscriber device has ended the second application. In another example, a gateway device includes one or more processors configured to send at most one message, in accordance with Diameter protocol, to a policy server device indicating that a subscriber device has started an application, and at most one message, in accordance with the Diameter protocol, indicating that the subscriber device has stopped the application.

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes usage monitoring techniques. In one example, a method comprises storing, by a monitoring device that performs usage monitoring for at least one packet flow that traverses an access network by which subscriber devices access a packet data network, data indicating an amount of unused granted service units for the at least one packet flow that is unused as of a policy rule deactivation time for one or more policy rules matched by the at least one packet flow. The monitoring device further reactivates the usage monitoring for the at least one packet flow at a policy rule reactivation time for the one or more policy rules matched by the at least one packet flow based on an updated amount of granted service units, wherein the updated amount of granted service units are based on the data indicating the amount of unused granted service units.

Abstract: An example gateway device determines that a first policy, applicable to a subscriber device when the subscriber device is coupled to a first access network, indicates that packets from the subscriber device are to be sent to a service device, and forwards a first set of packets from the subscriber device to the service device while the subscriber device is coupled to the first access network. After determining that the subscriber device has become coupled to a second access network of the plurality of access networks, the gateway device determines that a second policy, for the subscriber device when the subscriber device is coupled to the second access network, does not indicate that packets should be sent to the service device, but nevertheless forwards a second set of packets from the subscriber device to the service device while the subscriber device is coupled to the second access network.

Abstract: In some examples, techniques are directed to applying one or more corrective actions that cause the network device to bypass the failed service node of the service chain. In some examples, method includes determining that a failure has occurred at a service node included in a plurality of service nodes, the plurality of service nodes configured to apply one or more stateful services of a primary service chain to packet flows from a plurality of subscriber devices; in response to determining that the failure has occurred, configuring forwarding state of the network device to process the packet flows from the plurality of subscriber devices based on a corrective action that bypasses the service node of the primary service chain; and in response to receiving a subscriber packet in the packet flows, processing the packet flows from the plurality of subscriber devices based on the corrective action.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for managing group policies in a network. In some examples, a policy enforcement device comprising a plurality of service planes, each having one or more processors operably coupled to a memory, receives a policy enforcement request that includes data identifying a subscriber from a policy control server for a network. The plurality of service planes are further configured to assign, in response to determining that the subscriber is a member of a subscriber group that includes a plurality of subscribers, the subscriber to a selected service plane of the plurality of service planes. The selected service plane applies a group policy for the subscriber group to subscriber data traffic associated with the subscriber.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a storage device that stores at least one policy for handling certain network traffic exchanged between multiple computing devices during at least one specific day. The apparatus may also include a policy-enforcement unit communicatively coupled to the storage device. The policy-enforcement unit may receive, at a network device that facilitates network traffic within a network, at least one packet to be exchanged between the multiple computing devices on the specific day. The policy-enforcement unit may then determine, due at least in part to receiving the packet on the specific day, that the policy applies to the packet. In response to determining that the policy applies to the packet, the policy-enforcement unit may handle the packet in accordance with the policy. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process for the preparation of Ledipasvir of Formula I and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for steering data traffic for a subscriber session from a network interface of a wireless access gateway to an anchoring one of a plurality of forwarding units of the wireless access gateway using a layer 2 (L2) address of the data traffic. For example, a wireless access gateway for a wireless local area network (WLAN) access network is described as having a decentralized data plane that includes multiple forwarding units for implementing subscriber sessions. Each forwarding unit may present a network interface for sending and receiving network packets and includes packet processing capabilities to enable subscriber data packet processing to perform the functionality of the wireless access gateway. The techniques enable steering data traffic for a given subscriber session to a particular one of the forwarding units of the wireless access gateway using an L2 address of the data traffic.

Abstract: An example gateway device determines that a first policy, applicable to a subscriber device when the subscriber device is coupled to a first access network, indicates that packets from the subscriber device are to be sent to a service device, and forwards a first set of packets from the subscriber device to the service device while the subscriber device is coupled to the first access network. After determining that the subscriber device has become coupled to a second access network of the plurality of access networks, the gateway device determines that a second policy, for the subscriber device when the subscriber device is coupled to the second access network, does not indicate that packets should be sent to the service device, but nevertheless forwards a second set of packets from the subscriber device to the service device while the subscriber device is coupled to the second access network.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for programming a set of one or more pre-defined rules within the forwarding plane of a packet gateway of a mobile service provider network and caching, within control plane, a group identifier that identifies the set of programmed, pre-defined rules. The control plane may match quality of service (QoS) information of incoming subscriber service requests with the group identifier and respective subsets of the set of programmed, pre-defined rules to rapidly associate service requests with already-programmed PCC rules and thereafter install, to the forwarding plane, subscriber service-specific actions for the PCC rules.