Patent SG-11201807512R-A (SG)
Title: Provisioning private network connections
Inventor: DANIEL CAMERON
IPC: H04L12/46
Filed: 2017-07-27
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 0 11101 HOE HI 1 0 01111010 10 HMI 11110 ill 011 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\" WO 2018/020446 Al 01 February 2018 (01.02.2018) W I P0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: DANIEL, Cameron; c/o Megaport (Services) HO4L 12/28 (2006.01) GOOF 9/00 (2006.01) Pty Ltd, 14-16 Church Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland HO4L 12/46 (2006.01) 4006 (AU). WARDEN, Mitchell; c/o Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd, 14-16 Church Street, Fortitude Valley, Queens- (21) International Application Number: PCT/IB2017/054551 land 4006 (AU). WELLS, Adam; c/o Megaport (Services) Pty Ltd, 14-16 Church Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland (22) International Filing Date: 4006 (AU). 27 July 2017 (27.07.2017) (74) Agent: AJ PARK IP PTY LTD; Level 14, 111 Elizabeth (25) Filing Language: English Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 (AU). (26) Publication Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (30) Priority Data: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 15/221,422 27 July 2016 (27.07.2016) US CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (71) Applicant: MEGAPORT (SERVICES) PTY LTD DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, [AU/AU]; 14-16 Church Street, Fortitude Valley, Queens- HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, land 4006 (AU). KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (54) Title: PROVISIONING PRIVATE NETWORK CONNECTIONS 100 150 i __—.........., CLOUD 135 NETWORK NETWORK 140 ---1 145 NETWORK WAN DEVICE CLIENT A CLIENT 8 OPTIMIZATION CLIENT C 164 CONTROLLER S 160 V 110A 1108 155 SERVER 156 1100 FIREWALL S 168 5 162 170 LOAD BALANCER Il (57) : A private network connection .... . 0 private network. These characteristics can include 4 provider can then receive a request for a network connection between a first computing device and a second computing device over the C::::) private network. This request can specify a type e• 1 to one or more service requirements. At the time 0 —. network connection provider can then wait until *1: private network connection provider can then Il © a connection across those links and nodes. ei -I EI G * 1,3 provider can monitor its private network to determine characteristics for links of the total bandwidth, available bandwidth, latency, etc. The private network connection of network connection and one or more thresholds (e.g., of receiving the request, the network may be unable a later time when the network conditions are able select links and associated nodes that are sufficient to satisfy the request and establish characteristics) corresponding to satisfy the request. The private to accommodate the request. The C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/020446 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIIMERIONIMIONHOEHEOHEEN OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))