Patent ID: 11882046
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a classification system from a network device, data indicating characterizations of network traffic on a plurality of ports of the network device during one or more measurement periods;
determining, by processing circuitry of the classification system, for at least one port of the plurality of ports, an indicator of a port type for the port based on the data indicating the characterizations of network traffic on the port for the one or more measurement periods, wherein the port type indicates a type of link to a type of upstream device with which the port of the network device exchanges network traffic; and
outputting, by the processing circuitry, the indicator of the port type to an administrative device for use to configure the port of the network device in accordance with the port type for the port.