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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/729 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/125 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for communicating data flows. The method generally includes receiving control flow information corresponding to a data flow for communication from a first device to a second device, and determining one or more characteristics of the data flow based on the control flow information. For example, the one or more characteristics may include whether the data flow is a mice flow or an elephant flow. In certain aspects, the method further includes communicating the data flow based on the determined characteristics.