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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Muhammad Sohaib Aslam, Ontario, CA;

Tiia J. Salo, Cary, NC (US);

Ahron B. Train, Ontario, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/30 (2013.01); H04L 45/566 (2013.01);
Abstract

An instruction from a controller is received at an application executing using a processor, the controller being a Software Defined Network (SDN) controller operating in an SDN. A determination is made, using the processor, that the instruction applies to an identifier located in a data packet, the data packet passing through a shared port, the shared port being shared by the controller and a concurrently operating second controller in the SDN. A period of effectiveness of the instruction is initialized. A command is sent to a switch to apply a network setting configured by the controller to handle the data packet, where the shared port is located at the switch in the SDN.


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