Patents by Inventor Michael Henkel
Michael Henkel 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: 20240129161Abstract: In general, techniques are described for performing network segmentation for container orchestration platforms. A network controller comprising a memory and processing circuitry may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store a request, conforming to a container orchestration platform, to configure a new pod of a plurality of pods with a primary interface to communicate on a virtual network to segment a network formed by the plurality of pods. The processing circuitry may be configured to configure, responsive to the request, the new pod with the primary interface to enable communications via the virtual network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Prasad Miriyala, Michael Henkel, Pranav Cherukupalli
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Publication number: 20240095158Abstract: In general, techniques are described for performing pre-deployment checks to ensure that a computing environment is suitably configured for deploying a containerized software-defined networking (SDN) architecture system, and for performing post-deployment checks to determine the operational state of the containerized SDN architecture system after deployment to the computing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Prasad Miriyala, Michael Henkel, Sridhar Ramachandra Katere, Pranav Cherukupalli, Atul S. Moghe, Ji Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11926957Abstract: The present invention relates to textile fibre products having a coating comprising polymers based on ethylenically polymerisable monomers with a glass transition temperature of at least 60° and a coating method for coating fibre products with an aqueous polymer dispersion, wherein an aqueous polymer dispersion based on vinyl polymerisable monomers with a glass transition temperature of at least 60° C. is firstly provided, and this is brought into contact with a fibre product and then dried. The invention also relates to the use of corresponding polymer dispersions for the coating of fibre products, correspondingly coated fiber products, use thereof to reinforce mineral matrices, and corresponding fibre-composite materials, in particular textile-concrete composite materials. In particular, the invention relates to a coating means that can be applied to a textile fabric in a continuous, water-based process and enables an optimal introduction of force from the mineral matrix into the textile reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CHT GERMANY GMBHInventors: Amon-Elias Klausmann, Jan-Valentin Rolle, Ulrike Henkel, Michael Hees
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Publication number: 20240073087Abstract: In general, techniques are described for leveraging a configuration framework for an orchestration platform to configure software that implements a control plane for a containerized network router in a cloud-native SDN architecture. In an example, a method comprises receiving, by a server executing a containerized routing protocol process, configuration data generated from a Network Resource configuration object managed by a custom resource controller; configuring, by the server, the containerized routing protocol process with the configuration data; and programming, by the containerized routing protocol process, based on the configuration data generated from the Network Resource configuration object, a virtual router data plane to forward network traffic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Michael Henkel, Richard Roberts
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Patent number: 11876673Abstract: An example application programming interface (API) server device that distributes configuration data to managed network devices includes one or more processing units implemented in circuitry and configured to receive configuration data to be deployed to at least one of the managed network devices; store the configuration data to a configuration database; and send the configuration data to the at least one of the managed network devices. In this manner, the configuration data can be archived for later retrieval and analysis, e.g., to perform root cause analysis in the event of an error.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Prasad Miriyala, Michael Henkel, Iqlas M. Ottamalika
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Publication number: 20230300020Abstract: A method includes deploying a network device within a fabric having a management network by attaching the network device through the management network to a port of a role allocator, wherein the role allocator includes one or more ports designated as first level port connections and one or more other ports designated as second level port connections. If the deployed network device is attached to one of the ports designated as first level port connections, the deployed network device is configured as a first level device. If the deployed network device is attached to one of the ports designated as second level port connections, the deployed network device is configured as a second level device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Sukhdev S. Kapur, Michael Henkel
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Publication number: 20230261937Abstract: A system for configuring a data center includes a fabric management server coupled to a management switch. A provisional Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller executing on the fabric management server can discover physical servers coupled to the management switch, receive network interface configuration information from the physical servers, and use the discovered network interface configuration information to determine a configuration for switches and servers coupled to an IP fabric. The configuration can be migrated to a full functionality SDN controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Thomas Murray, Michael Henkel, Tong Jiang, Ignatious Johnson Christober, Atul S. Moghe
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Patent number: 11706085Abstract: A method includes deploying a network device within a fabric having a management network by attaching the network device through the management network to a port of a role allocator, wherein the role allocator includes one or more ports designated as first level port connections and one or more other ports designated as second level port connections. If the deployed network device is attached to one of the ports designated as first level port connections, the deployed network device is configured as a first level device. If the deployed network device is attached to one of the ports designated as second level port connections, the deployed network device is configured as a second level device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Sukhdev S. Kapur, Michael Henkel
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Patent number: 11700181Abstract: An example controller device that manages a plurality of network devices includes one or more processing units implemented in circuitry and configured to receive, via an application programming interface (API) framework, an indication of an intent. The intent includes data indicating an update to a data structure including a plurality of nodes representing the plurality of network devices and a plurality of edges connecting the plurality of nodes. The one or more processing units are further configured to process the intent to select a topology compiler from a plurality of topology compilers and invoke, via the API framework, the selected topology compiler using a role of a network device of the plurality of network devices and an indication of the network device as input to generate abstract configuration information. The one or more processing units are further configured to configure the network device based on the abstract configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Michael Henkel, Atul S Moghe
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Patent number: 11665053Abstract: A system for configuring a data center includes a fabric management server coupled to a management switch. A provisional Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller executing on the fabric management server can discover physical servers coupled to the management switch, receive network interface configuration information from the physical servers, and use the discovered network interface configuration information to determine a configuration for switches and servers coupled to an IP fabric. The configuration can be migrated to a full functionality SDN controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Thomas Murray, Michael Henkel, Tong Jiang, Ignatious Johnson Christober, Atul S Moghe
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Publication number: 20230123775Abstract: In an example, a method includes processing, by an application programming interface (API) server implemented by a configuration node of a network controller for a software-defined networking (SDN) architecture system, requests for operations on native resources of a container orchestration system; processing, by a custom API server implemented by the configuration node, requests for operations on custom resources for SDN architecture configuration, wherein each of the custom resources for SDN architecture configuration corresponds to a type of configuration object in the SDN architecture system; detecting, by a control node of the network controller, an event on an instance of a first custom resource of the custom resources; and by the control node, in response to detecting the event on the instance of the first custom resource, obtaining configuration data for the instance of the first custom resource and configuring a corresponding instance of a configuration object in the SDN architecture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Mahesh Sivakumar, FNU Nadeem, Srinivas Akkipeddi, Michael Henkel, Prasad Miriyala, Gurminder Singh, Édouard Thuleau, Atul S Moghe, Joseph Williams, Ignatious Johnson Christober, Jeffrey S. Marshall, Nagendra Maynattamai, Dale Davis
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Publication number: 20230104568Abstract: In an example, a network controller for an SDN architecture system includes processing circuitry of a central cluster of first one or more compute nodes; a configuration node configured for execution by the processing circuitry; a control node configured for execution by the processing circuitry. The configuration node includes a custom API server to process requests for operations on custom resources for SDN architecture configuration. Each of the custom resources for SDN architecture configuration corresponds to a type of configuration object in the SDN architecture system. The control node, in response to detecting an event on an instance of a first custom resource of the custom resources, obtains configuration data for the instance of the first custom resource and configures a corresponding instance of a configuration object in a workload cluster of second one or more compute nodes. The first and second compute nodes may be distinct.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Prasad Miriyala, Michael Henkel, Vijay Shankar H S, Ashish Arunrao Vyawahare, Sandhyashree K R, Venkata Rama Pradeep Kumar Vajrapu, Atul S Moghe
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Publication number: 20230106531Abstract: In general, techniques are described for a creating a virtual network router within a software defined network (SDN) architecture. A network controller for the SDN architecture system may include processing circuitry that is configured to execute a configuration node and a control node. The configuration node may process a request by which to create a virtual network router (VNR), where the virtual network router may cause the network controller to interconnect a first virtual network (VN) and a second VN. The VNR may represent a logical abstraction of one or more policies that cause import and/or export of routing information between the first VN and the second VN. The control node configures the first VN and the second VN according to the one or more policies to enable the import and/or the export of routing information between the first VN and the second VN via the VNR.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Michael Henkel, Prasad Miriyala, Édouard Thuleau, Nagendra Prasath Maynattamai Prem Chandran, Atul S Moghe
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Publication number: 20230095442Abstract: An example application programming interface (API) server device that distributes configuration data to managed network devices includes one or more processing units implemented in circuitry and configured to receive configuration data to be deployed to at least one of the managed network devices; store the configuration data to a configuration database; and send the configuration data to the at least one of the managed network devices. In this manner, the configuration data can be archived for later retrieval and analysis, e.g., to perform root cause analysis in the event of an error.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Prasad Miriyala, Michael Henkel, Iqlas M. Ottamalika
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Publication number: 20230006885Abstract: An example controller device that manages a plurality of network devices includes one or more processing units implemented in circuitry and configured to receive, via an application programming interface (API) framework, an indication of an intent. The intent includes data indicating an update to a data structure including a plurality of nodes representing the plurality of network devices and a plurality of edges connecting the plurality of nodes. The one or more processing units are further configured to process the intent to select a topology compiler from a plurality of topology compilers and invoke, via the API framework, the selected topology compiler using a role of a network device of the plurality of network devices and an indication of the network device as input to generate abstract configuration information. The one or more processing units are further configured to configure the network device based on the abstract configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Michael Henkel, Atul S. Moghe
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Patent number: 11546210Abstract: A system for configuring a data center includes a fabric management server coupled to a management switch. A provisional Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller executing on the fabric management server can discover physical servers coupled to the management switch, receive network interface configuration information from the physical servers, and use the discovered network interface configuration information to determine a configuration for switches and servers coupled to an IP fabric. The configuration can be migrated to a full functionality SDN controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Thomas Murray, Michael Henkel, Tong Jiang, Ignatious Johnson Christober, Atul S Moghe
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Patent number: 11425221Abstract: A device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform techniques by which to provide a runtime extensible application programming (API) server. The memory may store a datastore that includes a data model. The processor may execute the API server by which to access the data model stored to the datastore. The API server may receive, from a controller, a registration request (providing a resource definition specifying a semantic validation rule) to register a new data model to the datastore, and register the new data model to the datastore. The API server may next receive, from a client, a create request to create a resource for the new data model having initial data that conforms to the resource definition, apply the semantic validation rule to the initial data, and create, responsive to validating the create request, the resource for the new data model in the datastore.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Michael Henkel, Akhilesh Pathodia
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Patent number: 11258661Abstract: A system for configuring a data center includes a fabric management server coupled to a management switch. A provisional Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller executing on the fabric management server can discover physical servers coupled to the management switch, receive network interface configuration information from the physical servers, and use the discovered network interface configuration information to determine a configuration for switches and servers coupled to an IP fabric. The configuration can be migrated to a full functionality SDN controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Tong Jiang, Sukhdev S. Kapur, Michael Henkel, Nachi Ueno, Jacopo Pianigiani, Dheeraj Gautam, Sridevi JeevaRaj
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Publication number: 20210377113Abstract: A system for configuring a data center includes a fabric management server coupled to a management switch. A provisional Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller executing on the fabric management server can discover physical servers coupled to the management switch, receive network interface configuration information from the physical servers, and use the discovered network interface configuration information to determine a configuration for switches and servers coupled to an IP fabric. The configuration can be migrated to a full functionality SDN controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Thomas Murray, Michael Henkel, Tong Jiang, Ignatious Johnson Christober, Atul S Moghe
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Patent number: 11095504Abstract: A system for configuring a data center includes a fabric management server coupled to a management switch. A provisional Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller executing on the fabric management server can discover physical servers coupled to the management switch, receive network interface configuration information from the physical servers, and use the discovered network interface configuration information to determine a configuration for switches and servers coupled to an IP fabric. The configuration can be migrated to a full functionality SDN controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Jacopo Pianigiani, Thomas Murray, Michael Henkel, Tong Jiang, Ignatious Johnson Christober, Atul S Moghe