Specifying and utilizing paths through a network

S Boutros, A Dubey, M Parsa, I Cidon… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
For a multi-tenant environment, some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method
for (1) embedding a specific path for a tenant's data message flow through a network in …

Service operation chaining

S Boutros, P Monclus, P Kippen, D Rajan… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
For a multi-tenant environment, some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method
for forwarding tenant traffic through a set of service machines to perform a set of service …

Service operation chaining

S Boutros, P Monclus, P Kippen, D Rajan… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
For a multi-tenant environment, some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method
for forwarding tenant traffic through a set of service machines to perform a set of service …

WAN optimizer for logical networks

A Padmanabhan, R Zhang, P Thakkar… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine readable medium of a controller of a
network control system for configuring a wide area network (WAN) optimizer instance to …

System and method for enabling services chaining in a provider network

W Haddad, E Tantsura, J Halpern - US Patent 9,608,901, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for chaining one or more services in a service
provider network. A service chaining policy and associated Service Path Identifier (SPID) are …

System and method for managing chained services in a network environment

HGP Bosch, J Napper, SM Kumar, A Duminuco… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include configuring a
measurement indication for a packet; forwarding the packet through a service chain …

System and method for hosting mobile packet core and value-added services using a software defined network and service chains

HGP Bosch, J Napper, A Duminuco… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving
traffic associated with at least one of a mobile network and a Gi-Local Area Network (Gi …

Migrating middlebox state for distributed middleboxes

R Zhang, T Koponen, P Thakkar… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
A controller of a network control system for configuring several middlebox instances is
described. The middlebox instances implement a middlebox in a distributed manner in …

Determining the operations performed along a service path/service chain

J Guichard, CM Pignataro, D Ward, P Quinn… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Presented herein are techniques performed in a network comprising a plurality of network
nodes each configured to apply one or more service functions to traffic that passes the …

Cloud overlay for operations administration and management

NK Nainar, CM Pignataro, D Kumar - US Patent 10,320,664, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating the
implementation of an operations, administration, and management (OAM) protocol in a …