F28D15/00—Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in
closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls; Heat-exchange apparatus employing …

One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a link
aggregation module and a link management module. The link aggregation module …

In general, the present invention relates to a virtual platform in which one or more distributed
virtual switches can be created for use in virtual networking. According to some aspects, the …

(57) ABSTRACT A method performed by a network element, for notifying a controller of a
change to a packet forwarding configuration of the network element. The network element is …

An OpenFlow switch controls transmission and reception of a packet according to a flow
entry. Each of the flow entries contains a matching condition showing a communication flow …

One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The Switch includes a tunnel
management module, a packet processor, and a forwarding module. The tunnel …

(57) ABSTRACT A control plane device in a cloud computing system executes a plurality of
virtual machines for implementing network function virtualization (NFV). The control plane …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for implementing a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunnel
protocol (GTP) in a packet core (PC) of a third generation (3G) network having a split …

(57) ABSTRACT A method implements a control plane of an evolved packet core (EPC) of a
long term evolution (LTE) network in a cloud computing system. A cloud manager monitors …

Networks have traditionally been managed through low-level configuration of individual
components. Network configurations often depend on the underlying network: for example …