US 12,034,594 B2
Mechanized modify/add/create/delete for network configuration
Mukundan Sarukkai, Manalapan, NJ (US); Kevin D'Souza, Yardley, PA (US); Eshrat Huda, Hillsborough, NJ (US); and Sunil Maloo, Edison, NJ (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/156,741.
Application 18/156,741 is a continuation of application No. 17/454,153, filed on Nov. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,582,098.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155888 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0866 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0816 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0866 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a requested change to a network configuration, wherein the requested change to the network configuration is of a first change type;
determining, by the device, that the first change type is a supported change type included in a list of supported change types maintained by the device, wherein change types in the list of supported change types are defined by both a modify/add/create/delete (MACD) type and a target configuration;
responsive to the determining that the first change type is a supported change type, retrieving, by the device from a first repository and according to a group of logical rules, executable instructions associated with the requested change to the network configuration stored via records in a second repository, the executable instructions comprising query statements and change statements;
locating, by the device, the records in the second repository, the locating comprising executing the query statements; and
performing, by the device in response to the locating, the requested change to the network configuration, the performing comprising modifying the records in the second repository via execution of the change statements.