Patent №
US 9,769,061
Granted
2017-09-19
Filed 2013
Owner
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13851026
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch in a software-defined network. The switch includes at least one port, a flow management module, and forwarding circuitry. The port is capable of receiving a frame belonging to a software-defined data flow and a frame belonging to a regular data flow. The flow management module logically partitions the port for the frame belonging to the software-defined data flow from the frame belonging to the regular data flow. The forwarding circuitry forwards the frame belonging to the software-defined data flow based on a flow definition in a local flow table. The flow definition indicates how the software-defined data flow is processed in a software-defined network.
AI classification
Ownership
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
assignment · 306630980
Assignors
CHINTHALAPATI, ESWARA S.P., VAIDYA, NIKUNJ
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