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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanism for multicast (M-VIM) is used to resolve address looking up problems for different types of VXLAN related overlay networks for multicast and broadcast traffics. A Multicast Overlay Ferry Proxy (MOFP) is introduced between a VXLAN domain and the CNI domain for ferrying control plane and data panel information. The M-VIM mechanism comprises three parts: a VXLAN Module; a CNI Module; and a proxy mechanism.