Christopher R Freeman

US Patent:

7821921, Oct 26, 2010

Filed:

Apr 22, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/738499

Inventors:

Dinakaran Joseph - Apex NC, US
Jon K. Franks - Apex NC, US
Christopher N. Freeman - Cary NC, US
Sivaram Gottimukkala - Morrisville NC, US
Jason P. Hawrysz - Durham NC, US
Lap T Huynh - Cary NC, US
Barry Mosakowski - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04J 1/16
G06F 11/00
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

370218, 370242, 714 2, 709226, 709239

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. The method yet further can include detecting an outage in the first of the different network resource nodes. Finally, the method can include re-binding the application endpoint to a second of the different network resource nodes in response to detecting the outage.

US Patent:

20110038256, Feb 17, 2011

Filed:

Oct 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/911707

Inventors:

Dinakaran Joseph - Apex NC, US
Jon K. Franks - Apex NC, US
Christopher N. Freeman - Cary NC, US
Sivaram Gottimukkala - Morrisville NC, US
Jason P. Hawrysz - Durham NC, US
Lap T. Huynh - Cary NC, US
Barry Mosakowski - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

370221

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. The method yet further can include detecting an outage in the first of the different network resource nodes. Finally, the method can include re-binding the application endpoint to a second of the different network resource nodes in response to detecting the outage.

US Patent:

20120213059, Aug 23, 2012

Filed:

Feb 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/406653

Inventors:

Dinakaran Joseph - Apex NC, US
Jon K. Franks - Apex NC, US
Christopher N. Freeman - Cary NC, US
Sivaram Gottimukkala - Morrisville NC, US
Jason P. Hawrysz - Durham NC, US
Lap T. Huynh - Cary NC, US
Barry Mosakowski - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

370221

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. Finally, the method can include re-binding the application endpoint to a second of the different network resource nodes in response to detecting the outage.