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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Jeffrey C. Mogul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul T Congdon, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Dwight L Barron, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey C. Mogul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul T Congdon, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Dwight L Barron, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/069 (2013.01); H04L 41/0681 (2013.01); H04L 41/0686 (2013.01);
Abstract
Each of a plurality of data packets that is received on a network switch can be associated with a corresponding event record that identifies one or more flow table rules for that data packet. A plurality of event records, which individually can correspond to one or more of the data packets, is transmitted to a programmable resource for use in controlling a Software Defined Network.