Network virtualization
US9705756B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/4679
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure may include methods, systems, and computer readable media with executable instructions. An example method for network virtualization can include providing, by a datacenter (100) having physical and/or virtual resources, a number of virtual tenant datacenters (tDatacenters), each tDatacenter being isolated from other tDatacenters. A tenant virtual local area network (T-VLAN) (226, 228, 682) is associated to each of the number of tDatacenters, and a value of an end-to-end invariant network virtual local area network (VLAN) identification (VID) label (T-VID) is associated to a particular T-VLAN (226, 228, 682). A network packet associated with the particular T-VLAN (226, 228, 682) is modified at an edge network boundary (561) to include the T-VID. The T-VID is configured to have more than 4096 possible values.
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