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Technique for packet buffering

US11171889B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Georg Kunz · Aachen, DE
Nikolas Hermanns · Aachen, DE
Jan Scheurich · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/622
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique for buffering packets in a Software Defined Networking (SDN) infrastructure is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by an SDN network device and comprises receiving (S304) a configuration message from an SDN controller, the configuration message defining at least one characteristic characterizing packets to be buffered, receiving (S306) a packet, triggering (S308) inserting the packet into a buffer if the packet matches the at least one characteristic, and triggering (S310) sending a notification message to the SDN controller notifying the SDN controller that the packet is inserted into the buffer.

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