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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

May. 02, 2012
Applicants:

David Wei-shen Chang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Abhijit Patra, Saratoga, CA (US);

Nagaraj A. Bagepalli, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Wei-Shen Chang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Abhijit Patra, Saratoga, CA (US);

Nagaraj A. Bagepalli, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 17/50 (2013.01); H04L 41/145 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes simulating network resources of a portion of a cloud in a simulated cloud within a enterprise network, the cloud being communicable with the enterprise network over a first communication channel, which may be external to the enterprise network. The method can also include simulating network behavior of the first communication channel in a second communication channel within the enterprise network, and validating application performance in the simulated cloud. Simulating network resources includes providing a cloud resources abstraction layer in the enterprise network, and allocating enterprise network resources in the enterprise network to the simulated cloud by the cloud resources abstraction layer. The method further includes adding a virtual network service appliance to the simulated cloud, and determining a change to a network topology of the enterprise network to accommodate the virtual appliance without materially impacting application performance.


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