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Network layer performance and security provided by a distributed cloud computing network

US12294471B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

CLOUDFLARE, INC. · US

Inventors

Nicholas Alexander Wondra · Savoy, US
Achiel Paul van der Mandele · Austin, US
Alexander Forster · Austin, US
Eric Reeves · Austin, US
Joaquin Madruga · Round Rock, US
Rustam Xing Lalkaka · San Francisco, US
Marek Przemyslaw Majkowski · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	May 6, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2044

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/618
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first computing device of a distributed cloud computing network receives an IP packet that is destined to an origin server of an origin network. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate an encapsulated packet, where the outer packet has a source IP address that is advertised as an anycast IP address at the distributed cloud computing network, and a destination IP address of an origin router of the origin network. The encapsulated packet is transmitted to the origin router.

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