System and method for dynamic medium access control (MAC) relating to a virtualization environment
US11089066B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor having programmed instructions to determine that a first packet, received from a first VM on a first host, has a destination address associated with a second VM on the first host, send the first packet to a service-focused bridge, generate a rule to redirect the first packet to the second VM based on the destination address, and generate execute the rule in response to receiving the first packet from the service-focused bridge.
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