US 12,463,918 B2
Decentralized approach to identify objects across a federation in a network
Gianluca Mardente, Girifalco (IT); Giovanni Meo, Rome (IT); Giuseppe Monterosso, London (GB); and Massimiliano Ardica, Valbonne (FR)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/608,513.
Prior Publication US 2025/0293990 A1, Sep. 18, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 47/70 (2022.01); H04L 47/24 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/70 (2013.01) [H04L 47/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
providing a first network resource within a first cluster of network resources;
assigning a tag to the first network resource, wherein the tag represents characteristics of the first network resource;
providing a second network resource within a second cluster of network resources;
assigning the tag to the second network resource, wherein the tag represents characteristics of the second network resource;
providing, by the first cluster of network resources to the second cluster of network resources, a first list of network resources within the first cluster of network resources, wherein the first list of network resources comprises an identifier of the first network resource and the tag associated with the first network resource;
providing, by the second cluster of network resources to the first cluster of network resources, a second list of network resources within the second cluster of network resources, wherein the second list of network resources comprises an identifier of the second network resource and the tag associated with the second network resource; and
exchanging network traffic between the first network resource and the second network resource.