Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for dynamic layer 3 network connections
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Application No.: US16995494Application Date: 2020-08-17
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Publication No.: US11323319B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Austin D. Ritchie
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: H04L41/0806
- IPC: H04L41/0806 ; H04L41/0869 ; H04L45/745

Abstract:
A dynamic controller to automatically generate layer 3 network connections between devices and/or networks associated with a virtual computing environment in response to a request for such connections is provided such that communications associated with the computing environment may be transmitted between the endpoints. For example, the dynamic controller may connect one or more cloud service provider networks, one or more customer-controlled data centers, one or more customer networks, and the like, based on information provided in a connection request. A layer 3 communication controller may also be instantiated within a core network that manages the flow of communications between the connected networks, such as by translating messages between the connected networks so that messages intended for a connected network may match the supported communication protocols of that network and/or providing one or more security features to the transmitted communications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210058290A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC LAYER 3 NETWORK CONNECTIONS Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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