US 2014/0195666 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL NETWORKS

Abstract

A system and method for implementing and management virtual networks is disclosed. A method includes receiving a network packet arriving at a first network interface of a first node of an underlying network, communicating at least the packet and an identifier of the first network interface to a decision engine, determining how the packet should be processed based on a simulation by the decision engine of a traversal of a virtual network topology including a plurality of virtual network devices, wherein the decision engine communicates with a shared database accessible from the underlying network that stores the virtual network topology and virtual device configurations for the plurality of virtual network devices; and processing the packet based upon the simulation.

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Dependent claims

A computing method comprising:

receiving a network packet arriving at a first network interface of a first node of an underlying network, the underlying network comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes,
communicating at least the packet and an identifier of the first network interface to a decision engine,
determining how the packet should be processed based on a simulation by the decision engine of a traversal of a virtual network topology including a plurality of virtual network devices, wherein the decision engine communicates with a shared database accessible from the underlying network that stores the virtual network topology and virtual device configurations for the plurality of virtual network devices;
and
processing the packet based upon the simulation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/236,020Filed 6 Aug 2012

Priority

4 Aug 2011

Published

10 Jul 2014

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

H04L 41/40
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: using virtualisation of…
H04L 43/55
Testing arrangements: testing of service level quality, e.g. simulating service usage
H04L 12/4625
LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone: single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
H04L 41/145
Network analysis or design: involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network

System and method for implementing and managing virtual networks

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System and method for implementing and managing virtual networks

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