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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/717 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
Propagating a flow policy within a software defined network (SDN) includes sending a route path request for a flow from a first forwarding node to an SDN controller of the SDN, receiving route path information specifying a route path for the flow from the SDN controller, and generating, using a processor of the first forwarding node, a control packet including the route path. The control packet is communicated from the first forwarding node to a second forwarding node.