Virtual flow network in a cloud environment
US10374972B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/42
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for virtualizing a flow switch to be used by application providers in a cloud computing environment is provided. An application provider's packet handling rules are received by a cloud management system. The rules are translated from the application provider's overlay topology to the underlay data center topology. The underlay network elements involved in the received rules can be identified. A translated rule can be decomposed into a plurality of rule portions which are transmitted to the appropriate underlay network elements.
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