Timothy S Swanson

US Patent:

20230069689, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Sep 2, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/465699

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Alberto Rodriguez-Natal - Redwood City CA, US
Fabio R. Maino - Palo Alto CA, US
Timothy James Swanson - Westford MA, US
John Joyce - Nashua NH, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/859
H04L 12/24
H04L 12/725

Abstract:

Techniques for using application network requirements and/or telemetry information from a first networking technology to enhance operation of a second networking technology and optimize wide area network traffic are described herein. The techniques may include establishing a communication network for use by applications of a scalable application service platform, the communication network including a first networking technology and a second networking technology. In this way, a request to establish a connection for use by an application may be received by the first networking technology. The request may include an indication of a threshold service level of the connection. In response to the request, the first networking technology may determine whether the second networking technology is capable of hosting the connection. If the second networking technology is capable of hosting the connection, the connection may be established such that application traffic is sent or received using the second networking technology.

US Patent:

20210266262, Aug 26, 2021

Filed:

Aug 3, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/983346

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Fabio Rodolfo Maino - Palo Alto CA, US
Alberto Rodriguez Natal - Mountain View CA, US
Vijoy Anand Pandey - San Jose CA, US
Edward A. Warnicke - Austin TX, US
John Andrew Joyce - Nashua NH, US
Timothy James Swanson - Westford MA, US
Loránd Jakab - sat Gheorghieni, RO

International Classification:

H04L 12/813
H04L 29/08
H04L 12/28
H04L 12/723
H04L 29/06
H04L 12/24

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a device of a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) receives, from a cloud-native application, contextual data for the cloud-native application that identifies microservices of the cloud-native application. The device translates the contextual data for the cloud-native application into a network policy for traffic in the SD-WAN associated with the cloud-native application. The device applies the network policy to a traffic flow in the SD-WAN between an endpoint and a particular microservice of the cloud-native application.