Deep network slicing with virtualized programmable data-plane pipelines
US12192058B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for network slicing with programmable data-plane pipelines, comprising creating slice contexts, where creating the slice contexts comprises creating control-plane and data-plane data for each of a plurality of network slices, and storing the control-plane and the data-plane data to produce slice contexts, mapping resources of network switch hardware to the slice contexts to create a resource mapping, instantiating the plurality of network slices on the network switch hardware using the resource mapping, receiving frames from one or more external sources, identifying a network slice corresponding to each frame, and enriching a header of each of the frames, based upon the identification of the network slice for each frame, to direct each frame to a data-plane pipeline.
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