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Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ashok N. Chippa, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ioana M. Costea, San Jose, CA (US);

Vijoy A. Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);

Daljeet Singh, Watsonville, CA (US);

Ethan M. Spiegel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/771 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 45/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tool for forwarding plane support in a distributed system. The tool receives, by one or more computer processors, one or more messages. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, a distribution scope for the one or more messages. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, a destination endpoint ID for the one or more messages. The tool sends, by one or more computer processors, the one or more messages to one or more forwarding plane agents.


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