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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Iex Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Robert Park, New York, NY (US);
Lieting Yu, Warren, NJ (US);
Jesse Brent Yates, Atlanta, GA (US);
George Theodore Kyrazis, Jr., Ormond Beach, FL (US);
Roger Frederick Kromann, Alpharetta, GA (US);
IEX Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an overlay network with innovative virtual network switches and related network interface controllers are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the overlay network may comprise at least one virtual network switch (VNS), wherein each VNS is installed within a corresponding first processing endpoint which is logically above a virtualization layer of a virtual network. And, the VNS may be configured to intercept data packets transmitted on a network layer logically below the virtualization layer of the virtual network. The VNS may comprise: (a) a manager element configured to connect to at least one virtual network interface controller (VNIC), each VNIC being installed within a corresponding second processing endpoint of the virtual network, the second processing endpoint being separate from the first processing endpoint; (b) a replicator node configured to replicate and route the data packets; and (c) a switch controller configured to control the first replicator node.