US 11,811,721 B2
Edge device for source identification using source identifier
Raghuram Malpe Pai, Bangalore (IN); Nilesh Kantilal Simaria, Kanata (CA); Harsha Lakshmikanth, Bangalore (IN); and Sri Ram Sankar, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,067.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114025 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 61/256 (2022.01); H04L 43/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/256 (2013.01) [H04L 43/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
associating, by an edge device implemented in circuitry, a source identifier with a network device of a plurality of network devices;
identifying, by the edge device, a telemetry packet indicating telemetry data for a plurality of packets output by the network device;
selecting, by the edge device, the source identifier for the network device from a plurality of source identifiers in response to determining that the telemetry packet indicates a source IP address matching the network device and the associating of the source identifier with the network device;
modifying, by the edge device, the telemetry packet that indicates the source IP address to further indicate the selected source identifier; and
outputting, by the edge device, the modified telemetry packet, wherein the modified telemetry packet indicates the source IP address and further indicates the selected source identifier.