Shared and separate network stack instances
US8630296B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/66
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for configuring a packet destination, that includes creating the packet destination on a host, obtaining a network configuration for the packet destination, determining whether the host comprises a virtual network stack, where the virtual network stack includes the network configuration, and assigning the packet destination to the virtual network stack.
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