Transitioning a routing switch device between network protocols
US9699063B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/38
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method and device for use by a routing switch device. In response to a determination to switch the routing switch device to switch from a conventional mode to an OpenFlow mode the following operations are performed. Table items of a forwarding table in the conventional mode are converted to flow table items in the OpenFlow mode. The converted flow table items are stored in a flow table of the routing switch device. Processing a received data packet based, at least in part, on the converted flow table items stored in the flow table.
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