Controller driven OAM for openflow
US9112774B2 · kind B2 · utility
1Cited by
1References
14Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/0852
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is performed by a network element implementing an OpenFlow controller. The method requests that a subset of OpenFlow switches in the network report metrics for an OpenFlow data flow to provide a management module with information for executing a management function. A second method is performed by a network element implementing an OpenFlow switch. The OpenFlow switch reports metrics for an OpenFlow data flow to the OpenFlow controller, wherein the OpenFlow switch forwards a management packet with the OpenFlow data flow and collects the metrics for the OpenFlow data flow.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.