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Internet group management protocol (IGMP) of a Layer-2 network in a virtualized cloud environment

US12278758B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2023
Grant dateApr 15, 2025
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2043

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

Abstract

Techniques are described for communications in an L2 virtual network. In an example, the L2 virtual network includes a plurality of L2 compute instances hosted on a set of host machines and a plurality of L2 virtual network interfaces and L2 virtual switches hosted on a set of network virtualization devices. An L2 virtual network interface emulates an L2 port of the L2 virtual network. IGMP configuration is distributed to the L2 virtual switches. A control plane of the L2 virtual network coordinates IGMP configuration across the L2 virtual switches.

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