Stateful processing for stateless forwarding element
US9794222B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for performing stateful processing of a packet at a flow-based managed forwarding element (MFE). The method receives a packet at the MFE without stateful connection status information. The method sends the packet to a module separate from the MFE that stores stateful connection information for a plurality of connections. The method receives the packet from the module with stateful connection status information appended to the packet. The method performs an action on the packet based on the appended stateful connection status information.
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