Control packet management
US11095545B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/046
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for managing control packet usage within a physical network that implements a plurality of logical networks. The method receives a tunnel monitoring configuration for a logical network. The configuration specifies control packet usage for logical datapaths between logical ports of the logical network. The method maps the logical datapaths to tunnels between host computers that host data compute nodes (DCNs) corresponding to the logical ports. Based on the mappings, the method configures control packet modules executing on the host computers to generate control packets for monitoring the tunnels based on the specified control packet usage.
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