Direct network connectivity with scalable forwarding and routing fleets
US10142226B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/74
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A forwarding engine of a fleet of forwarding engines forwards packets received from outside a provider network via a direct physical link to a resource within the provider network. A virtual router of a fleet of virtual routers obtains routing metadata from a client-side networking device outside the provider network via a routing information exchange protocol and transmits the routing metadata to the forwarding engine, which uses the metadata to forward the packets. In response to a first trigger, the number of forwarding engines in the fleet is modified. In response to a second trigger, the number of virtual routers in the fleet is modified.
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