Managing network forwarding configurations using algorithmic policies
US10361918B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0895
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for managing forwarding configurations in a data communications network include accessing, at least one controller, a packet-processing policy defined by a user in a general-purpose programming language other than a programming language of data forwarding element forwarding rules, the packet-processing policy specifying how data packets are to be processed through the data communications network via the at least one controller. A forwarding configuration for at least one data forwarding element in the data communications network may be derived from the user-defined packet-processing policy, and may be applied to the at least one data forwarding element.
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