Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Application based egress interface selection
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Application No.: US17952318Application Date: 2022-09-26
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Publication No.: US12021952B2Publication Date: 2024-06-25
- Inventor: Madhusudhan Ravi , Wilson Wang , Rajeev Nair
- Applicant: Nicira, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Nicira, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nicira, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Main IPC: H04L45/74
- IPC: H04L45/74 ; H04L45/00 ; H04L45/302 ; H04L69/16 ; H04L45/745 ; H04L47/125

Abstract:
A method of selecting an egress interface for a source process running on an electronic device is provided. The device implements a TCP/IP stack utilized by a plurality of applications for sending network packets. The method receives a packet from a particular application in the plurality of applications to send to a network destination over a socket tagged with an identifier of the particular application. The method compares the socket tag with a set of network egress interface tags. Each network egress interface tag is associated with a network egress interface in a plurality of network egress interfaces. Each network egress interface tag includes the identifier of an application that utilizes the network egress interface. The method selects a network egress interface with a tag that matches the socket tag. The method sends the packet to the network destination through the selected network egress interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230014835A1 APPLICATION BASED EGRESS INTERFACE SELECTION Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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