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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2024
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Neil Swindle, Biggleswade, GB;
Alan David Elder, Welwyn Garden City, GB;
Matthew Ian Ronald Williams, London, GB;
Michael Jeffrey Evans, Harpenden, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A programmable multi-stage packet processing pipeline executing in a data plane of a software-defined networking (SDN) network handles data packets according to objects in a directed graph that are programmed using multiple separate namespaces. Each namespace provides isolation for programming in the processing stages to provide protection for the pipeline that may span across multiple different tenant domains. While programming is handled using separate namespaces, the programmed stages are converted into executable code that runs in a single data plane of the SDN network to optimize data packet flow while minimizing latency.