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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:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ganesan Chandrashekhar, Campbell, CA (US);

Pankaj Thakkar, Cupertino, CA (US);

Aravinda Kidambi Srinivasan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Aayush Saxena, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Anuprem Chalvadi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 43/06 (2022.01); H04L 61/103 (2022.01); H04L 41/02 (2022.01); H04L 43/04 (2022.01); H04L 41/0873 (2022.01); H04L 41/085 (2022.01); H04L 41/0246 (2022.01); H04L 67/289 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/0246 (2013.01); H04L 41/085 (2013.01); H04L 41/0873 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 43/06 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/289 (2013.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method for a first network controller executing at a first site of multiple sites spanned by a logical network. Network controllers execute at each site. The method generates logical network state data for the first site based on (i) data received from computing devices that implement the logical network at the first site and (ii) logical network configuration data from a network manager at the first site. The method provides the logical network state data for the first site to a second network controller executing at a second site. The method provides logical network state data received from the second site to the computing devices that implement the logical network at the first site.


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