Forwarding element with physical and virtual data planes

Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method of performing network slice-based operations on a data message at a hardware forwarding element (HFE) in a network. For a received data message flow, the method has the HFE identify a network slice associated with the received data message flo...

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Main Authors Tidemann, Jeremy, Choh, Edward, Kidd, Robert, Oikonomou, Georgios, Sridhar, Thayumanavan, Kommula, Raja, Polychronopoulos, Constantine, Bordeleau, Marc-Andre, Gupta, Ojas
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.12.2022
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method of performing network slice-based operations on a data message at a hardware forwarding element (HFE) in a network. For a received data message flow, the method has the HFE identify a network slice associated with the received data message flow. This network slice in some embodiments is associated with a set of operations to be performed on the data message by several network elements, including one or more machines executing on one or more computers in the network. Once the network slice is identified, the method has the HFE process the data message flow based on a rule that applies to data messages associated with the identified slice.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916568330