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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); Y02B 60/43 (2013.01); Y04S 40/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
An OpenFlow (OF) adaptor comprising at least one OF port configured to communicate with an OF Controller, at least one Non-OF (NOF) port configured to communicate with a NOF switch, and at least one processor coupled to the OF port and the NOF port and configured to receive a first OF message comprising network data from the OF controller via the OF port, translate the first OF message into a first NOF message, wherein the first NOF message comprises network data analogous to the first OF message network data encoded in a format supported by the NOF switch, and transmit the first NOF message toward the NOF switch via the NOF port.