Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transformation and unified control of hybrid networks composed of OpenFlow switches and other programmable switches
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Application No.: US14071329Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US09729425B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Min Luo , Jiao Wang , Xiuli Zheng
- Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L12/751 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
An OpenFlow (OF) adaptor comprising at least one OF port configured to communicate with an OF Controller, at least one Non-OF (NOF) port configured to communicate with a NOF switch, and at least one processor coupled to the OF port and the NOF port and configured to receive a first OF message comprising network data from the OF controller via the OF port, translate the first OF message into a first NOF message, wherein the first NOF message comprises network data analogous to the first OF message network data encoded in a format supported by the NOF switch, and transmit the first NOF message toward the NOF switch via the NOF port.
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