Patent ID: 9686162
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A system for identifying state inconsistency in edge-based software defined networks, comprising: a verification system comprising at least one hardware processor, the verification system connected to a controller of an edge-based software defined network (SDN), the verification system further connected to at least one end-host of the SDN, the end-host of the SDN comprising at least one hardware device that acts as at least one of a virtual switch and a router, the verification system comprising a data collection subsystem operable to receive controller network configuration data from the controller of an edge-based software defined network (SDN), the data collection subsystem further operable to receive end-host network configuration data from the end-host of the SDN, the verification system further comprising a state parsing subsystem operable to parse the controller network configuration data into a network state representation, the state parsing subsystem further operable to parse the end-host network configuration data into the network state representation, the verification system further comprising a state verification subsystem operable to compare the network state representation of the controller network configuration data and the end-host network configuration data to identify state inconsistency in the SDN, and responsive to identifying the state inconsistency, the state verification subsystem further operable to generate and transmit an alert signal to an administrator user interface.