Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks
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Publication Number
US-12475221-B2
Publication Date
2025-11-18
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Abstract
A system for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks. The system comprises a data center device, a network switch, and encryption retransmission devices. The encryption retransmission devices comprise an encryption unit and a communication unit. The encryption unit encrypts an egressing native packet received from the network switch and adds a connectionless header forms an egressing connectionless datagram, and decrypts an encrypted ingressing native packet of an ingressing connectionless datagram. The communication unit adds a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to an external encryption retransmission device, receives an ingressing packet comprising the encrypted ingressing native packet and a complex header from the external encryption retransmission device, removes the complex header and adds a connectionless header forming the ingressing connectionless datagram. The data center device performs data center operation on the ingressing native packet to generate the egressing native packet.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a system for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks. The system includes a data center device with an AI chip and on-board flash memory and a network switch with a plurality of ports communicatively coupled with the data center device. The data center device performs fog computing operations on decrypted ingressing native packets to generate egressing packets.
Resiliency is provided by using protocol free encryption devices including encryption retransmission devices connected with the network switch through the plurality of ports. At least one encryption processor implemented on a printed circuit board with galvanic isolation encrypts an egressing native packet received from the network switch using at least one encryption key, and adds a connectionless header to form an egressing connectionless datagram. The encryption processor also receives an ingressing connectionless datagram comprising an ingressing encrypted native packet and decrypts it to obtain an ingressing native packet, where generating the egressing native packet is based on performing at least one data center operation.
The system further provides updating and routed encrypted traffic using a model aggregator device and paired network interface modules. When the ingressing native packet comprises a request for updating a machine learning model, the encryption processor encrypts a native packet corresponding to an update received from the model aggregator device. A network interface module implemented on the PCB adds a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to an external encryption retransmission device, removes the complex header on ingress, and adds a connectionless header to form the ingressing connectionless datagram.
Claims Coverage
Only one independent claim is provided. It includes fog computing packet processing on a data center device, a model aggregator device for machine learning model updates, and an encryption-retransmission architecture with paired NIMs that route encrypted connectionless datagrams with complex headers across internal and external encryption retransmission devices.
Fog computing resiliency system with AI data center device and network switch
A system for facilitating fog computing and providing resiliency against attacks, comprising a data center device having an AI chip and on-board flash memory, and a network switch communicatively coupled with the data center device with a plurality of ports.
Model aggregation for machine learning model updates
A model aggregator device configured to provide updates for machine learning models based on requests.
Encrypted fog packet generation using protocol free encryption retransmission devices
A plurality of encryption retransmission devices connected with the network switch through the plurality of ports, wherein at least one encryption processor on a PCB with galvanic isolation encrypts an egressing native packet, adds a connectionless header to form an egressing connectionless datagram, receives an ingressing connectionless datagram, decrypts the ingressing encrypted native packet, and obtains an ingressing native packet for data center operations to facilitate fog computing, wherein generating the egressing native packet is based on performing the data center operation and model-update requests trigger encryption of a native packet corresponding to an update.
Paired NIMs adding/removing complex headers and delivering encrypted model updates
At least one network interface module implemented on the PCB paired with at least one external NIM of at least one external encryption retransmission device, where the NIM receives the egressing connectionless datagram, adds a complex header to form an egressing packet for delivery to the external encryption retransmission device, removes the complex header from an ingressing packet from the external device, and adds a connectionless header to form the ingressing connectionless datagram containing the encrypted ingressing native packet, including secure delivery of a model update when present.
The independent claim combines fog-oriented packet processing on a data center device with model-update flows from a model aggregator and an encryption retransmission device architecture that encrypts and decrypts native packets using encryption keys and connectionless headers. Routing to external encryption retransmission devices is achieved by NIM-based addition and removal of complex headers, with secure delivery of encrypted model updates.
Stated Advantages
Provides resiliency against attacks.
Facilitates fog computing.
Enables secure delivery of the model update to an external encryption retransmission device.
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