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- Patent Title: Adaptive source port generation in overlay networks
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Application No.: US17666415Application Date: 2022-02-07
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Publication No.: US11895032B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Subin Cyriac Mathew , Dileep Devireddy , Alexander Tessmer , Wenyi Jiang , Chidambareswaran Raman
- Applicant: VMware, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: King Intellectual Asset Management
- Main IPC: H04L69/166
- IPC: H04L69/166 ; H04L47/125 ; H04L45/74 ; H04L69/325 ; H04L69/326

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a method determines when a packet is fragmented into multiple fragmented packets in a flow between a first workload and a second workload. The method switches from generating an outer source port in the outer header using layer 4 information from the inner header to using layer 3 information from the inner header. A fragmented packet is encapsulated with the outer header that includes an outer source port value that is generated using the layer 3 information. The method initiates a process to determine when to switch back to using layer 4 information from the inner header to generate the outer source port. When it is determined to switch back to using layer 4 information, the method switches back to using layer 4 information from the inner header to generate the source port in the outer header of a packet from the first workload.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220158942A1 ADAPTIVE SOURCE PORT GENERATION IN OVERLAY NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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