Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Architecture of networks with middleboxes
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Application No.: US14595199Application Date: 2015-01-12
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Publication No.: US09697033B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Teemu Koponen , Ronghua Zhang , Pankaj Thakkar , Martin Casado
- Applicant: Nicira, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Adeli LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177 ; G06F9/455 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/741 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L12/931 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/751 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/933

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a system for implementing a logical network that includes a set of end machines, a first logical middlebox, and a second logical middlebox connected by a set of logical forwarding elements. The system includes a set of nodes. Each of several nodes includes (i) a virtual machine for implementing an end machine of the logical network, (ii) a managed switching element for implementing the set of logical forwarding elements of the logical network, and (iii) a middlebox element for implementing the first logical middlebox of the logical network. The system includes a physical middlebox appliance for implementing the second logical middlebox.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150142938A1 ARCHITECTURE OF NETWORKS WITH MIDDLEBOXES Public/Granted day:2015-05-21
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