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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2022
Reconfiguration framework for byzantine fault tolerant (bft) state machine replication (smr) systems
Applicant:
Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yehonatan Buchnik, Rosh Ha'ayin, IL;
Ittai Abraham, Tel Aviv, IL;
Toly Kournik, Herzliya, IL;
Nikhil Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Nikolay Kolev Georgiev, Sofia, BG;
Assignee:
VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0622 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a novel reconfiguration framework for a BFT SMR system. With this framework, the configuration of both the system itself and the clients of the system can be modified in a live manner (i.e., without taking the system offline) while preserving correct system operation.