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- Patent Title: Cloud-to-cloud interface
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Application No.: US17139606Application Date: 2020-12-31
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Publication No.: US11588731B1Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Juxiang Teng , Imam Sheikh , Muhammad Durrani
- Applicant: Equinix, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Equinix, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Equinix, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04L45/586
- IPC: H04L45/586 ; H04L45/00 ; H04L61/2521 ; H04L45/302 ; H04L45/24

Abstract:
In general, this disclosure describes a cloud exchange (or “cloud exchange”) that offers a cloud-to-cloud interface (CCI) for interconnecting cloud services to tenants within public clouds. As described herein, the cloud exchange may be configured with a cloud-to-cloud interface that enables tenant applications of a public cloud to subscribe to and communicate with cloud services, using an end-to-end layer 3 path, in some cases without requiring a separate routing protocol session with a public edge device for the public cloud. In some examples, the public cloud provides a virtual layer 2 connection from a tenant within a public cloud to a routing instance of the cloud exchange, and the cloud exchange uses the routing instance to route service traffic between the tenant and the cloud services.
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