Control device discovery in networks having separate control and forwarding devices
WT Sella, JM Sella - US Patent 8,989,199, 2015 - Google Patents
Abstract A Software Defined Network (SDN) includes a plurality of forwarding devices and a
routing control device located separate from the forwarding devices. The routing control …
routing control device located separate from the forwarding devices. The routing control …
Automatic discovery of multiple controllers in Software Defined Networks (SDNs)
(57) ABSTRACT Controllers in a Software Defined Network (SDN) automati cally discover
and authenticate each other as part of the con trol plane operations, without any need for …
and authenticate each other as part of the con trol plane operations, without any need for …
System and methods for managing network hardware address requests with a controller
RE Adams, DE Talayco, MS Dhami, S Zhou… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A controller may fulfill hardware address requests that are sent by source end hosts in a
network to discover hardware addresses of destination end hosts. The controller may use …
network to discover hardware addresses of destination end hosts. The controller may use …
System and methods for managing network protocol address assignment with a controller
K Jiang, S Zhou, RE Adams, MS Dhami… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A controller may help reduce network traffic that is associated with
broadcasting of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) packets by converting …
broadcasting of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) packets by converting …
SDN based interdomain and intradomain traffic engineering
Y Zhang, M Moradi - US Patent 9,699,116, 2017 - Google Patents
A method is implemented by a centralized control plane device for a software defined
networking (SDN) network. The method performs joint inter-domain and intra-domain traffic …
networking (SDN) network. The method performs joint inter-domain and intra-domain traffic …
Traffic behavior driven dynamic zoning for distributed traffic engineering in SDN
BACKGROUND Software defined networking (SDN) decouples traffic management (ie, the
control plane) from traffic forwarding (ie, the data plane). In the control plane, SDN manages …
control plane) from traffic forwarding (ie, the data plane). In the control plane, SDN manages …
System and method for managing unknown flows in a flow-based switching device
R Narayanan, S Kotha, RL Winter - US Patent 9,559,948, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A network switching device includes a macroflow sub-plane that performs
packet-based routing in the network Switching device and a microflow routing module that …
packet-based routing in the network Switching device and a microflow routing module that …
System and method for zoning in software defined networks
(51) Int. Cl.(57) ABSTRACT GOIR 3L/08(2006.01) H04L 2/26(2006.01) An embodiment
method of network Zoning for a software H04L 2/24(2006.01) defined network (SDN) …
method of network Zoning for a software H04L 2/24(2006.01) defined network (SDN) …
Communication system, control apparatus, communication method and program
Y Tanabe - US Patent App. 14/398,950, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A communication system includes: a control apparatus that sets broadcast
domains or multicast domains respectively for virtual networks configured in a physical …
domains or multicast domains respectively for virtual networks configured in a physical …
System and methods for managing network packet broadcasting
RW Sherwood, RE Adams, DE Talayco… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
USPC......... 370/229, 230, 235, 254, 256,351,357, The controller may configure Switches of
a given forwarding 370/384, 386, 389, 392, 422: 709/223, 226 tree that are coupled to end …
a given forwarding 370/384, 386, 389, 392, 422: 709/223, 226 tree that are coupled to end …