Systems and methods for controlling switches to monitor network traffic

M Mehta, R Rao, ER Swierk - US Patent 9,008,080, 2015 - Google Patents
A packet forwarding network may include switches that perform network forwarding
operations to forward network traffic between end hosts that are coupled to the packet …

Systems and methods for controlling switches to capture and monitor network traffic

V Emmadi, S Ramasubramanian, S Kini… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A packet forwarding network may include switches that forward network traffic between end
hosts that are coupled to the forwarding network. An analysis network may be connected to …

Systems and methods for network traffic monitoring

M Mehta, RE Adams, RSH Raghavendra… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A packet forwarding network may include switches that forward network traffic between end
hosts and network tap devices that forward copied network traffic to an analysis network …

Systems and methods for generating network flow information

MT Stolarchuk, SK Shah - US Patent 11,115,346, 2021 - Google Patents
A packet forwarding network may include switches that forward network packets between
end hosts. A monitoring network may be coupled to the forwarding network. A controller may …

Systems and methods for controlling switches to record network packets using a traffic monitoring network

R Izard, R Ling, S Zhou, S Shah - US Patent 10,419,327, 2019 - Google Patents
A packet forwarding network may include switches that forward network packets between
end hosts. A monitoring network may be coupled to the forwarding network. A controller may …

Systems and methods for determining network forwarding paths with a controller

KC Wang, S Ramasubramanian - US Patent 9,356,838, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A controller may control switches in a network that forwards network
packets between end hosts. The controller may gen erate a directed acyclic graph based on …

Systems and methods for flow monitoring

SHI Fuguang, K Jack, D Rowell, G Aybay - US Patent 8,072,894, 2011 - Google Patents
A network device may include logic configured to receive a packet from a packet forwarding
engine, create a flow ID for the packet, determine whether the flow ID matches one of a …

System and methods for managing network packet forwarding with a controller

CD Liljenstolpe, RK Forster, DC Hersey… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
A network controlled by a controller may include end hosts that are coupled to the switches.
The network may be coupled to gateways that interface between the network and an …

Systems and methods for handling link aggregation failover with a controller

S Ramasubramanian, V Emmadi, SD Modi… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A network of switches having ports coupled to other switches or end hosts
may be controlled by a controller. The controller may identify whether any switch ports have …

Systems and methods for generating packet forwarding rules based on network policy

RE Adams, MS Dhami, RW Sherwood… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
US PATENT DOCUMENTS that are associated with the network traffic. The controller server
may identify dependencies between the network poli 7,343,413 B2 3/2008 Gilde et al. cies …