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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2024
Offloading network address translation and firewall rules to tier-1 routers for gateway optimization
Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gaurav Jindal, Pune, IN;
Chandan Ghosh, Bangalore, IN;
Neeraj Mantri, Pune, IN;
Rajesh Sahu, Bangalore, IN;
VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides an approach for gateway optimization. Embodiments include receiving, at a first gateway associated with a first tenant within a data center, a packet directed to a first public network address of an endpoint associated with a second tenant within the data center. Embodiments include performing, by the first gateway, network address translation (NAT) to translate the first public network address to a private network address of the endpoint. Embodiments include forwarding, by the first gateway, the packet to an edge gateway of the data center. Embodiments include forwarding, by the edge gateway, the packet to a second gateway associated with the second tenant within the data center without sending the packet to a public interface of the edge gateway. Embodiments include forwarding, by the second gateway, the packet to the endpoint.