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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2014
Applicant:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Inventors:

Somen Bhattacharya, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Jaffar Hameed Abdul Kather Jilani, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for resource optimized network virtualization overlay transport in a virtualized data center environment includes an optimized virtualized transport mechanism based on MPLS-TP tunneling technology. The transport mechanism may include a usage monitoring and resource usage advertisement mechanism based on IGP-TE protocol extension. Also, the transport mechanism may include a path computation engine (PCE) based optimal path computation for a virtualized transport tunnel used to carry VM-to-VM traffic across the virtualized data center. Additionally, the transport mechanism may include a SDN controller for provisioning and control of virtualized machines and a virtualized transport system.


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