Packet processing in federated network

T Koponen, M Casado, P Thakkar, R Zhang… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a novel method for forwarding a packet at a managed switching
element in a first domain. The method receives a packet from a local machine. The method …

Scheduling distribution of logical control plane data

P Thakkar, T Koponen - US Patent 9,319,336, 2016 - Google Patents
US9319336B2 - Scheduling distribution of logical control plane data - Google Patents
US9319336B2 - Scheduling distribution of logical control plane data - Google Patents …

Network control apparatus and method with table mapping engine

WA Lambeth, T Koponen, P Thakkar, A Yip… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a controller for managing a plu rality of managed Switching
elements that forward data through a network. The controller comprising a first set of tables …

Flow generation from second level controller to first level controller to managed switching element

T Koponen, M Casado, P Thakkar, R Zhang… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A network control system that includes a first set of network controllers for (i)
receiving a logical control plane definition of a logical Switching element that couples to both …

Hybrid packet processing

R Zhang, T Koponen, M Casado - US Patent 10,033,640, 2018 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method of processing an incoming packet for a managed
forwarding element that executes in a host to forward packets in a network. The method …

Hybrid packet processing

R Zhang, T Koponen, M Casado - US Patent 9,571,386, 2017 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method of processing an incoming packet for a managed
forwarding element that executes in a host to forward packets in a network. The method …

Tracing network packets through logical and physical networks

I Ganichev, P Thakkar, T Koponen, M Dong - US Patent 10,181,993, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method for a first network controller that manages a set of
logical forwarding elements implemented in several managed forwarding elements. The …

Mesh architectures for managed switching elements

M Casado, KE Amidon, T Koponen… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a network architecture that includes several lower level
managed switching elements for forwarding network data to several of network hosts. The …

Packet processing in a network with hierarchical managed switching elements

T Koponen, KE Amidon, PS Ingram… - US Patent 9,692,655, 2017 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a managed network for imple menting a logical Switching
element. The managed network includes several managed edge Switching elements that …

Dynamically generating flows with wildcard fields

J Pettit, EJ Jackson, JE Gross IV, A Zhou - US Patent 9,602,398, 2017 - Google Patents
Int. Cl. Some embodiments of the invention provide a switching H04L 2/72(2013.01) element
that receives a packet and processes the packet by H04L 29/08(2006.01) dynamically …