Mathieu Riverin

US Patent:

20230115049, Apr 13, 2023

Filed:

Oct 11, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/498445

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Timothy M. Ireland - Westford MA, US
Mathieu Riverin - Littleton MA, US
Uyen T. Chau - Roseville CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06F 9/54

Abstract:

One aspect described in this application provides a unified policy broker. During operation, the system receives configuration information from the set of network devices. At least two network devices in the network can be equipped with a first and a second policy enforcement engine, respectively, for enforcing one or more given policy rules. The system can determine, based on the configuration information, a first and a second representation of the similar policy function corresponding to the first and the second policy enforcement engine, respectively. The system can apply a unified policy model to perform a first mapping from a unified representation of the similar policy function to the first and the second representation. The system can create a unified API based on the unified representation. The system applies, via a user interface, the unified API to configure the similar policy function across the first and the second policy enforcement engines.