MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617098015 A) filed by Cisco Technology, Inc. on August 13, 2026, for Topology-Driven Interconversion Of Ring Network Configurations.
Inventors include Hooda, Sanjay, Kumar; Krishnamurthy, Anand; Kasthurirangan, Madhavan; Garg, Swati; and Agrawal, Ruchi.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: Methods and devices provide network configuration provisioning wherein, based on topology of a ring network and an ordering of network devices, a network controller requests network devices of the ring network to provision configuration from a first layer 2 network protocol to a second layer 2 network protocol. A network configuration provisioning host receives a ring network configuration intent object from a client device, the ring network configuration intent object specifying one or more network domains comprising network devices of a ring network, a first layer 2 network protocol, and a second layer 2 network protocol. The host causes a network controller to request each network device of the ring network to provision migration. By provisioning configuration of the network devices and network interfaces in accordance with orderings, the network devices can maximally preserve connectivity and minimize disruption of packet traffic over the network during the provisioning.
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