Method for partitioning a plurality of devices in a communications system and a device therefor

N Veshchikov - US Patent 12,021,893, 2024 - Google Patents
A method is provided for partitioning a plurality of devices in a communications system. The
method includes providing the communications system with a central server that …

Method and apparatus for interacting with a network information base in a distributed network control system with multiple controller instances

T Koponen, M Casado, J Stribling, N Gude - US Patent 11,876,679, 2024 - Google Patents
A control system including several controllers for managing several switching elements. A
first controller registers a second controller for receiving a notification when a data tuple …

Distributed network control system with one master controller per logical datapath set

WA Lambeth, T Koponen, M Casado - US Patent 12,028,215, 2024 - Google Patents
A method for managing a managed forwarding element (MFE) that forwards data in a
network. A network controller publishes, to the MFE, a first set of data for configuring the MFE …

Private allocated networks over shared communications infrastructure

WA Lambeth, A Dalal, B Deianov, J Xiao - US Patent 11,917,044, 2024 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for implementing private allocated networks in a virtual infrastructure
are presented. One method operation creates virtual switches in one or more hosts in the …

Practical overlay network latency measurement in datacenter

H Chen, SHU Ming, X Cheng, F Pan, X Jin… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method of identifying packet latency in a software defined
datacenter (SDDC) that includes a network and multiple host computers executing multiple …

Network control apparatus and method for populating logical datapath sets

M Casado, T Koponen, WA Lambeth… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
For a network control system that receives, from a user, logical datapath sets that logically
express desired forwarding behaviors that are to be implemented by a set of managed …