Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Topology-aware control information dissemination in software-defined networking environments
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Application No.: US16283823Application Date: 2019-02-25
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Publication No.: US11606257B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Da Wan , Qi Wu , Donghai Han , Jianjun Shen , Pankaj Thakkar , Mengdie Song , Haoran Chen
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Su IP Consulting
- Priority: WOPCT/CN2019/070977 20190109
- Main IPC: H04L41/12
- IPC: H04L41/12 ; H04L41/0803

Abstract:
Example methods and systems for a network management entity to perform topology-aware control information dissemination in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. The method may comprise obtaining group topology information specifying a network group, and a network configuration object that references the network group. The method may also comprise: processing the group topology information to identify, from multiple members of the network group, a first member that is relevant to a first host; and processing the group topology information to identify, from the multiple members, a second member that is irrelevant to the first host. The method may further comprise: generating and sending, to the first host, control information associated with a subset of the network group. The subset may include the first member but exclude the second member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200220784A1 TOPOLOGY-AWARE CONTROL INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTS Public/Granted day:2020-07-09
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