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Patent No.:

US 12237974 B1

Date of Patent:

Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2024

Dynamic creation of overlay network slices using border gateway protocol flow specifications

Applicant:

Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan C. Barth, Collegeville, PA (US);

Vishnu Pavan Beeram, Hyderabad, IN;

Srihari Ramachandra Sangli, Bengaluru, IN;

Chandrasekar Ramachandran, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Harrity & Harrity, LLP

Primary Examiner:

SM A Rahman

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.05); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01);

Abstract

A network device may receive a border gateway protocol (BGP) flow specification route associated with creation of an overlay network slice in a network, and may create a new routing instance based on the BGP flow specification route. The network device may associate interfaces defined by the BGP flow specification route with virtual private network (VPN) members, and may determine VPN parameters based on the BGP flow specification route. The network device may advertise the VPN parameters within the network to cause the network to generate the overlay network slice.

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