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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Kiran Yedavalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramesh Mishra, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and system is implemented in a network node that functions as a controller for a domain in a split architecture network. The domain comprises a plurality of flow switches, where the plurality of flow switches implement a data plane for the split architecture network and the controller implements a control plane for the split architecture network that is remote from the data plane. The method and system configure the plurality of flow switches to efficiently handle each type of broadcast packet in the domain of the split architecture network without flooding the domain with the broadcast packets to thereby reduce a number of broadcast packets forwarded within the domain.