Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanism for overlay virtual networking
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Application No.: US15165017Application Date: 2016-05-26
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Publication No.: US10027746B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Guo Chun Bian , Gang Tang , Zi Jin Tao , Ming Shuang Xian
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts
- Agent John Pivnichny
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L29/12

Abstract:
A method and system for virtual networking is provided. The method includes receiving logical service chain data describing a source virtual network ID (VNID) for a source virtual network, a destination VNID for a destination virtual network, and a group of intermediate waypoints. The logical service chain data defines a logical service chain. A set of networked virtual environments (NVE) is selected to support the group of intermediate waypoints and the logical service chain is deployed and mapped to a physical service chain implemented on the set of NVEs. The logical service chain data is transmitted to a network virtual authority (NVA) and a packet forwarding mechanism is introduced when a packet is received from an overlay port or an underlay port. An associated IP address is requested and the first packet is analyzed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170346892A1 MECHANISM FOR OVERLAY VIRTUAL NETWORKING Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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